Supreme Court of the United States, 1812

Wood v. Davis

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided March 10, 1812 · Marshall

11 U.S. 271; 3 L. Ed. 339; 7 Cranch 271; 1812 U.S. LEXIS 392 (United States Reports)

Counsel

F. S. Key, for the Plaintiff in error, contended,, C. Lee, contra., F. S. Key, in reply.

Cases that cite this one

11 later published cases cite this decision.

Hayward v. Hayward (Ind. Ct. App. 1917)
Kapiolani Estate, Ltd. v. Atcherley (Supreme Court of the United States 1915)
Allen v. Roundtree (S.C. Ct. App. 1842)
Gratiot County State Bank v. Johnson Ex Rel. St. Louis Chemical Co. (Supreme Court of the United States 1919)
City of Owensboro v. Hope (Ky. Ct. App. 1908)
Chamberlain v. Pierson (4th Cir. 1898)
Nowak v. Knight (Minn. 1890)
Burlen v. Shannon (Mass. 1855)
Chamberlain v. Carlisle (Superior Court of New Hampshire 1853)
Brown v. Chaney (Ga. 1846)
Inhabitants of Worcester v. Green (Mass. 1824)

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Opinion

Marshall, Ch. J.

Stated that the opinion of the Court to be, that the verdict and judgment in the case of Susan Davis against Swann, were not conclusive evidence in the present case. There was no privity between Swann and Wood; they were to be considered as perfectly distinct persons.. Wood had a right tp defend his own title, which lie did not derive from Swann.

Judgment reversed-

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