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· 3/13/1849

Massingill v. Downs

Citations

  • 48 U.S. 760
  • 12 L. Ed. 903
  • 7 How. 760
  • 1849 U.S. LEXIS 369

How courts have described this case

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  • \no legislative act can change the rights and liabilities of parties which have been established by solemn judgment\
  • “no legislative act can change the rights and liabilities of parties which have been established by solemn judgment”

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Judges: McLEAN

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