CHARLES A. WILLIAMSON AND CATHARINE H. WILLIAMSON, HIS WIFE, PLAINTIFFS,
v.
THE IRISH PRESBYTERIAN CONGREGATION OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK

U.S. | 1850-01-01
Mr. Chief Justice TANEY, Mr. Justice CATRON, and Mr. Justice NELSON dissented. See the report of the preceding case.
8 How. 565 Supreme Court of the United States (1850) Positive Treatment
Also reported at: 12 L. Ed. 1200 · 1850 U.S. LEXIS 1688 · SCDB 1850-037
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Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice WAYNE

Mr. Justice WAYNE delivered the opinion of the court.

In this case the points certified to this court are identical with those certified in the case of Williamson and Wife v. Joseph Berry, except the eighth. We direct that our rulings in that case shall be sent to the Circuit Court, as our answers to the points certified in this case. And further rule to the eighth point certified in this case, that the defendants, having paid to the grantétes of George De Grasse a valuable consideration for the premises in dispute, do not thereby acquire a valid title against the plaintiff’s.

Mr. Chief Justice TANEY, Mr. Justice CATRON, and Mr. Justice NELSON dissented. See the report of the preceding case.

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