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Thomas's Lessee v. Hamilton
Court of Appeals of MarylandDisposition: Reversed✓ Good law
HoldingThis brief note, taken from the notebook of Samuel Chase, records the 1752 Maryland case of Thomas's Lessee v.
The following note of this case is taken from the note» book of Samuel Chase, Esquire, one of the Judges of the Supreme Court of the United States; “ The dispute in the case of Lee v* Hamilton was about “ Talbot's Manor; and the principal question was, whether 44 Talbot's Manor, granted to George Talbot, was not for» u feited to the Proprietary, on conviction, in Virginia, of M stabbing Christopher Rousby in Maryland. The Pro» 4‘ vincial Court held the conviction to be void. The judg a ment was reversed^