Matthew's Lessee v. Rae

U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia

Matthew's Lessee v. Rae

16 F. Cas. 1112, 3 D.C. 699, 3 Cranch 699

CourtU.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia

DecidedDecember 15, 1829

StatusPublished

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Matthew's Lessee v. Rae, 16 F. Cas. 1112, 3 D.C. 699, 3 Cranch 699 (circtddc 1829).

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The CouRT, (Thruston, J., absent) was of opinion that Red-man was not naturalized; the State naturalization laws being superseded, and annulled by the Act of Congress, whose jurisdiction upon that subject is, under the Constitution, of the United States, exclusive; (Chirac v. Chirac, 2 Wheat. 261,) and that, according to the case of Spratt v. Spratt, 1 Peters, 343, the plaintiffs, although aliens, were entitled to recover.

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The CouRT, (Thruston, J., absent) was of opinion that Red-man was not naturalized; the State naturalization laws being superseded, and annulled by the Act of Congress, whose jurisdiction upon that subject is, under the Constitution, of the United States, exclusive; (Chirac v. Chirac, 2 Wheat. 261,) and that, according to the case of Spratt v. Spratt, 1 Peters, 343, the plaintiffs, although aliens, were entitled to recover.

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16 F. Cas. 1112, 3 D.C. 699, 3 Cranch 699, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/matthews-lessee-v-rae-circtddc-1829.

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