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nion of Chief Justice Huffey “was not much denied by the ether Judges, though some of them were of a contrary opinion the last term in his absence.” But, by the expression, that "if was not much denied,” it is apparent, that the other Judges did not receive the doctrine of Chief Justice Huffey, entirely and absolutely, without some demur; which could only consist in their adding that due distinction before-mentioned: for it plainly appears (notwithstanding the assertion of the Reporter) that they were not, really, of a contrary opinion in the former term, with respect to the case before them; which related to an external transaction, the same that, in their former opinion, they declared to be subject to the controul
