Harrison County Court of Common Pleas March 15, 1817 (Ohio v. Lafferty)

President.

The question raised on this motion, whether the com-'' mon law is a rule of decision in this state ? is one 01 very great interest and importance, and one upon which contradictory opinions have been holden both at the bar and upon the bench

*114No just government ever did, nor probably ever can, exist, -without an unwritten or common law.