Poole v. Fleeger

Poole v. Fleeger
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 11, 1837
Full case name	Burgess Poole and Others, Plaintiffs in Error v. The Lessee of John Fleeger and Others
Citations	36 U.S. 185 (more) 11 Pet. 185; 9 L. Ed. 680; 1837 U.S. LEXIS 174
Holding
Plaintiffs are granted title to land in Kentucky improperly conveyed by Tennessee prior to the Compact of 1820 establishing the two states' mutual border.
Court membership
Chief Justice Roger B. Taney Associate Justices Joseph Story · Smith Thompson John McLean · Henry Baldwin James M. Wayne · Philip P. Barbour
Case opinion
Majority	Story, joined by unanimous

Poole v. Fleeger, 36 U.S. (11 Pet.) 185 (1837), is a 7-to-0 ruling by the Supreme Court of the United States which held that the states of Kentucky and Tennessee had properly entered into an agreement establishing a mutual border between the two states. The plaintiffs in the case were granted title to property improperly conveyed by the state of Tennessee north of this border. In the ruling, the Supreme Court asserted the fundamental right of states and nations to establish their borders regardless of private contract, and made a fundamental statement about the rights of parties to object to a trial court ruling under the rules of civil procedure.