Rhode Island v. Massachusetts, 37 U.S. (12 Pet.) 657 (1838), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court asserted its original jurisdiction over a suit in equity by one state against another over their shared border. King James the first was granted planting, ruling, ordering and governing New England by the council at Plymouth on the third day of November 1621.^[1] The case involved a boundary dispute between Massachusetts and Rhode Island dating back to colonial times. The land that was being disputed over was the Narragansett Bay.^[2] The disputes of the land boundary between these two states had lasted for more than 250 years.^[1]To settle the dispute between these two states, they moved for a subpoena on 16 March, 1832.^[3] Daniel Webster was involved in the case representing Massachusetts.