DANFORTH v. WEAR

Citation

22 U.S. 673 (1824)

Decision : 6-0

Majority Opinion: William Johnson

Justices Participating

• Bushrod Washington | voted with the majority or plurality

• Gabriel Duvall | voted with the majority or plurality

• John Marshall | voted with the majority or plurality

• Joseph Story | voted with the majority or plurality

• Smith Thompson | voted with the majority or plurality

• Thomas Todd | other

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

Categories

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

Cited Cases

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

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