DANFORTH v. WEAR

Citation

22 U.S. 673 (1824)

Decision : 6-0

Justices Participating

• John Marshall | voted with majority or plurality

• Bushrod Washington | voted with majority or plurality

• William Johnson | voted with majority or plurality , justice wrote an opinion

• Thomas Todd | did not vote

• Gabriel Duvall | voted with majority or plurality

• Joseph Story | voted with majority or plurality

• Smith Thompson | voted with majority or plurality

Categories

• Indian Title/Occupancy
• Land/allotment/grants of land
• States/Authority of states

Cited Cases

• 14 U.S. 155 (1816), DANFORTH’S LESSEE v. THOMAS
• 14 U.S. 115 (1816), PRESTON v. BROWDER

Case Cited In

• 27 U.S. 216 (1829), WILLIAM PATTERSON, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR VS. THE REv. WILLIS JENKS et al. DEFENDANTS IN ERROR
• 34 U.S. 711 (1835), COLIN MITCHEL, ROBERT MITCHEL, IN HIS OWN RIGHT, AND AS ASSIGNEE OF THE ESTATE AND EFFECTS OF THE MERCANTILE HOUSE HERETOFORE TRADING UNDER THE FIRM OF CARNOCHAN AND MITCHEL, AND AS TRUSTEE OF THE CREDITORS OF SAID FIRM, AND ALSO OF RICHARD CA
• 40 U.S. 52 (1841), COLIN MITCHEL AND OTHERS, APPELLANTS, v. THE UNITED STATES, APPELLEES