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What was the outcome of the Supreme Court case WILLIAMS v. CONGER?

The Supreme Court heard the case on April 2, 1888, affirming the lower court's ruling in an 8-0 decision.

The case originated from the Texas U.S.

Circuit Court for the District(s) of Texas.

The case centered around the removal of a public record from its place of deposit and the legality of such removal.

The Supreme Court cited the Bank of Kentucky v.

Wistar case as support for their power to amend their earlier opinion in Williams v.

Conger.

This was a petition to correct a clerical mistake in the original 1888 Supreme Court opinion in Williams v.

Conger, 125 U.S.

397.

The 1888 case was an action of trespass to try title, where the appellant sought to recover possession of 11 leagues of land in Texas from the appellees.

The land in question was originally granted by the government of Coahuila and Texas to Miguel Rabago in December 1828.

The defendants in the case pleaded not guilty and invoked the statute of limitations as part of their defense.

The Supreme Court's 1888 decision addressed the legal standards for when the removal of a public record is permissible, even if not explicitly prohibited by public policy.

In the 1889 case of Williams v.

Conger, 131 U.S.

390, the Court made a clerical correction to its original 1888 opinion.

This correction case further affirmed the Court's power to amend its previous rulings, as established in Bank of Kentucky v.

Wistar.

The Williams v.

Conger decisions helped clarify the standards for handling and authenticating public records as legal evidence.

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