Savannah v. Jesup is a United States Supreme Court case that was decided in 1882. The case involved a dispute between the City of Savannah, Georgia and the Jesup family over the ownership of a piece of land. The Jesup family had been granted the land by the state of Georgia in 1817, but the City of Savannah claimed that the land had been part of the original city limits when it was founded in 1733. The Supreme Court ultimately ruled in favor of the Jesup family, finding that the City of Savannah had failed to prove that the land had been part of the original city limits. The Court also held that the state of Georgia had the right to grant the land to the Jesup family, and that the City of Savannah had no right to claim the land. The decision was a major victory for the Jesup family, as it allowed them to keep the land that had been granted to them by the state of Georgia.

Justice Field delivered the dissenting opinion in Savannah v. Jesup, arguing that the majority had misconstrued a federal statute and exceeded its authority by deciding an issue of state law. He argued that Congress did not intend to give the Supreme Court jurisdiction over cases involving title to land when it passed legislation allowing appeals from state courts in certain circumstances. Furthermore, he noted that even if Congress had intended such jurisdiction, this case was not one of those specified for appeal because it involved only questions of Georgia law with no federal question at stake. Finally, Justice Field asserted that since there were no facts or evidence presented before the court on which to base a decision regarding title to land, any ruling would be purely speculative and therefore inappropriate for judicial review.