Friend & Another v. Wise is a United States Supreme Court case that was decided in 1884. The case involved a dispute between two parties over the ownership of a piece of land in the state of Georgia. The plaintiff, Friend & Another, claimed that they had purchased the land from the defendant, Wise, and that Wise had failed to deliver the deed to them. The defendant argued that the deed had been delivered and that the plaintiff had failed to pay the purchase price. The Supreme Court held that the defendant had failed to deliver the deed and that the plaintiff was entitled to the land. The Court found that the defendant had not provided sufficient evidence to prove that the deed had been delivered, and that the plaintiff had provided sufficient evidence to prove that they had paid the purchase price. The Court also held that the defendant had failed to provide sufficient evidence to prove that the plaintiff had failed to pay the purchase price. As a result, the Court ruled in favor of the plaintiff and ordered the defendant to deliver the deed to the plaintiff.

In Friend & Another v. Wise, the Supreme Court was tasked with determining whether a state court had jurisdiction to hear an appeal from a probate court in another state. The majority opinion held that the lower courts did not have such authority and thus dismissed the case. Justice Field dissented, arguing that states should be allowed to exercise their own laws when it comes to appeals of cases originating outside of their borders. He argued that this would help ensure uniformity among all states and prevent any one state from having too much power over others in terms of legal matters. Furthermore, he noted that allowing each state its own discretion on these matters would promote comity between them as well as respect for each other's laws and decisions made by their respective courts.