Prigg v. Pennsylvania

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1842-03-18

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'Mr. Justice Stout delivered the opinion'of the Court. • This is a writ of error to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, brought under the 25th section of the' judiciary act of 1780, ch. 20, for .the purpose of revising- the judgment of that Court, in a case involving the construction of the Constitution and laws of the United States. The facts are briefly these: The plaintiff in error was indi…

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