President of Cincinnati v. Lessee of White
Supreme Court of the United States
THIS was a writ of error, to the circuit court of the district of Ohio., The case came before the court on a bill of exceptions, taken by the plaintiffs in error, the defendants in the circuit court, to the instructions given by the court to the jury on the request of the counsel for the plaintiffs in that coui;t; and to the.refusal of the court to give certain instructions as prayed for by the defendants- below.
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THIS was a writ of error, to the circuit court of the district of Ohio., The case came before the court on a bill of exceptions, taken by the plaintiffs in error, the defendants in the circuit court, to the instructions given by the court to the jury on the request of the counsel for the plaintiffs in that coui;t; and to the.refusal of the court to give certain instructions as prayed for by the defendants- below. In the opinion of the court no decision is given on those exceptions, save only on that which presented the question of the dedication of the land in controversy for, the use of the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Thompson
The ejectment in this case was brought by Edward White, who is. also the defendant in error, to recover possession of a small lot of ground in the city of Cincinnati, lying in that part of the city usually denominated the Common. To a right understanding of the question upon which the opinion "pf the court rests, it will be sufficient to state generally, that on the 15th of. October in the year 1788, John Cleves Symmes entered into a contract with the then board of treasury, under the direction of congress, for the purchase of a large tract of land, then a wilderness, including that where the…
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