ARGUED AND ADJUDGED

IN THE

SUPREME COURT

OF THE

UNITED STATES,

IN FEBRUARY TERM 1814.

BY WILLIAM CRANCH,

CHIEF JUDGE OF THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

Potius ignoratio juris litigiosa est, quam scientia.

CIC. DE LEGIBus, dial. 1.

VOL. VIII.

THIRD EDITION.

EDITED, WITH NOTES AND REFERENCES TO LATER DECISIONS,

J.

ary

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1888,

BY BANKS & BROTHERS,

In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

The commissions of the Honorable G. DUVALL and the Honorable J. STORY bear date November 18th, 1811.

RICHARD RUSH, Esq., was commissioned as Attorney-General, February 10th, 1814, in place of WILLIAM PINKNEY, Esq., resigned.

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