Court : US Supreme Court
Decided on : Jan-01-1800
COM. OF PENNSYLVANIA v. COXE - 4 U.S. 170 (1800) U.S. Supreme Court COM. OF PENNSYLVANIA v. COXE, 4 U.S. 170 (1800) 4 U.S. 170 (Dall.) The Commonwealth v. Tench Coxe, Esq. Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. March Term, 1800 IN September term last, a rule was obtained, on behalf of a number of persons, who had associated under the denomination of 'The Holland Company,' the the purchase and settlement of lands, lying in the county of Alleghany, north and west of the rivers Ohio and Alleghany, and west of Conewango creek, by which the secretary of the land office was directed to show cause, why a mandamus should not be awarded, commanding him to prepare and deliver patents to the company, for various tracts of land, for which warrants had previously issued in their favour, under the act of the general assembly, passed the 3d of April 1792. Theattorney-general ( M'Kean M. Levy, W. Tilghman, and Cooper, now showed cause for discharging the rule; and Lewis, E. Tilghman, Ingersoll, and ...
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