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59 U.S. 539

Hudgins v. Kemp

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided December 1, 1855

Supreme Court of the United States · decided 1855-12

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Decided 1855-12

How this case has been cited

Cited by 21 later decisions (10 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 1943

2 district · 5 state decisions

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¶1This case'is in all respects the same with that of Robert Hudgins v. Kemp, above decided; and, for the reasons stated in that case, the motion in this to dismiss is overruled.

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