Van Ness v. Pacard
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR to the circuit court of the county of Washington, in the district of Columbia. - The plaintiffs in. error instituted their aétion of trespass on the case, in the court below; to recover damages for the removal of certain buildings from- a lot of ground in the city of Washington, the property of the plaintiffs; which had been leased to the defendant by the plaintiffs for a term of years, reserving a rent. The jury gave a verdict in favour of the defendant.
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ERROR to the circuit court of the county of Washington, in the district of Columbia. - The plaintiffs in. error instituted their aétion of trespass on the case, in the court below; to recover damages for the removal of certain buildings from- a lot of ground in the city of Washington, the property of the plaintiffs; which had been leased to the defendant by the plaintiffs for a term of years, reserving a rent. The jury gave a verdict in favour of the defendant. Upon the trial of this cause, the plaintiffs gave in evidence to the jury, an indenture of lease between them and the defendant, for…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Story
This is a writ of error to the circuit court of the district of Columbia, sitting for .the county of Washington.
The original was an actiori bn the case bróught by the plaintiffs in error against the defendant for waste committed by him, while tenarit of the plaintiffs, to their reversionary interest, by pulling down and removing from the demised prernises a messuage or dwelling house erected thereon and attached to the freehold. The-cause was tried upon the gerieral issúe, and a verdict found for the defendant, upon which a judgment passed m his favour; and the object of th‘é'present writ of…
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