PRATT & OTHERS v. Law & Campbell
Supreme Court of the United States
■ THESE several suits in'chancery in the Circuit Court for the county of Washington, in tiie district of Columbia, being involved in each oilier and relating to the same property, were heard and- argued as one cause.-, The first of these suits, in the order of time, was that 0f prutt OAid others-v. Duncanson and Ward, which was instituted on the 24th of March, 1801. Tlie hill prayed that Bun cansón and Ward might be enjoined from sell-big c.ertain squares in the city of…
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■ THESE several suits in'chancery in the Circuit Court for the county of Washington, in tiie district of Columbia, being involved in each oilier and relating to the same property, were heard and- argued as one cause.-, The first of these suits, in the order of time, was that 0f prutt OAid others-v. Duncanson and Ward, which was instituted on the 24th of March, 1801. Tlie hill prayed that Bun cansón and Ward might be enjoined from sell-big c.ertain squares in the city of Washington, which been mortgaged by Morris, Nicholson and Gre.cnjeaf? ¿0 Duncanson, to indemnify him against the return…
1Opinion of the CourtJohnson, J.
In order to present ja distinct view of .the numerous questions which arise out of this intricate and voluminous case, we will pursue them through a history of the transactions iii which they originated, and consider them in order as they o&eur.
It is well known that at the founding of this city, the proprietors of the soil gratuitously relinquished a proportion of their property to commissioners appointed to receive it.
Morris, Nicholson and Greenleaf purchased city. lands to the amount of fifty millions of square feet, to which quantity they were entitled on the 3d of December,. 1794. ■ Of…
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