US Supreme Court Reports 1852, Including Issues on Slavery, Native Americans and others.

U S. Supreme Court

First Edition

[Law] Howard, Benjamin C. Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in The Supreme Court of the United States December Term, 1852. Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1853. First Edition Hardcover rebound. 650 pages. Measures 5.75" x 8.75". Includes various Supreme Court decisions from the year 1852 during the December session. Cases cover a wide range of topics including issues over ownership and patents, land disputes with Native Americans, railroad injuries, and slavery, among other issues. Cases include THOMAS MOORE, EXECUTOR OF RICHARD EELS, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, WHICH FOUND that the power of legislating upon the subject of fugitive slaves, ought to be vested in Congress. also INCLUDED IS tHE Philadelphia AND rEADING rAILROAD cOMPANY V. eLIAS h. dERBY. Title page has stamp stating "Library of Congress Serial Record Jan. 3, 1980." New boards and pastedown, but all original pages are together with textblock tight and only minor foxing on title page. oFFERS A UNIQUE GLIMPSE INTO THE sUPREME cOURT DECISIONS OF 1851 during December session. Overall, in very good condition.

Item #19824

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