Legal Opinion

Remington v. Linthicum

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided February 12, 1840PublishedCited by 19 opinions

IN error to the Circuit Court of the United States, for the county of Washington, in the District of Columbia. The'defendant in error, Otho M. Linthicum, instituted an action of' ejectment in the Circuit Court of the county of Washington, for the recovery of certain real estate situated in the county of Washington, which had been purchased by him at a marshal’s sale, sold under three writs of fieri facias, against Z. M. Offutt; and which thedefendant in the ejectment claimed…

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IN error to the Circuit Court of the United States, for the county of Washington, in the District of Columbia. The'defendant in error, Otho M. Linthicum, instituted an action of' ejectment in the Circuit Court of the county of Washington, for the recovery of certain real estate situated in the county of Washington, which had been purchased by him at a marshal’s sale, sold under three writs of fieri facias, against Z. M. Offutt; and which thedefendant in the ejectment claimed to hold under a deed of conveyance made by Z. M. Offutt, after the judgments on which the property was sold. On the…

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Taney

This was an action of ejectment .brought by Linthieum against Remington, in the Circuit Court for Washington county, in the District of Columbia, to recover part of lot No. 153, in Beatty-and Hawkins’, additipn to Ge'orgetown.

It seems that a certain Zachariah M. Offutt, of the said county, was the owner of the property in question; and being indebted to Linthieum in three several sums of money, actions were brought by the latter upon those claims, in the year 1836. Judgments were obtained, jn due course of law; and executions against the property of the defendant were issued upon each of…

2Cited by19 opinions

  1. Trossbach v. TrossbachCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1945
  2. Snell Isle, Inc. v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1937
  3. O'Connor v. Queen Insurance Co. of AmericaWisconsin Supreme Court · 1909
  4. Rowe's Adm'r v. Habdy's Adm'rSupreme Court of Virginia · 1899
  5. Knowles v. SullivanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1902

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