ARGUED AND ADJUDGED

IN THE

SUPREME COURT

OF THE

UNITED STATES,

JANUARY TERM 1827.

BY HENRY WHEATON,

COUNSELLOR AT LAW.

VOL. XII.

FOURTH EDITION.

EDITED, WITH NOTES AND REFERENCES TO LATER DECISIONS,

BY

FREDERICK C. BRIGHTLY,

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1883,

BY BANKS & BROTHERS,

In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.