Legal Opinion
Corporation of Georgetown v. Smith
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia
Decided May 15, 1830PublishedCited by 9 opinions
This case was submitted by the parties to Cranch, C. J. (Thruston, J. absent, and Morsell, J.' being an inhabitant of, and owning real estate in, Georgetown, declined giving an opinion.)
1Opinion of the CourtCranch, C. J.
delivered the following opinion:
Mr. John Threlkeld being indebted to the Corporation of Georgetown for taxes due on real estate in that town for the years 1816, 1817, 1818, and 1819, gave his promissory notes for the amount thereof, to the corporation, at six, twelve, and eighteen months from the 15th of September, 1822, in the following form :
“Georgetoion, September 16, 1822.
“I assent to the provisions of the ordinance providing for the' settlement of all arrears of takes due prior to the year 1820, passed the 15th day bf June, 1822; and, six months after date hereof, I promise tp pay to the…
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