Ould v. Washington Hospital for Foundlings
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Supreme Court-of the District of Columbia. This is an action of eijeetment by the plaintiffs in error, who. were plaintiffs below, to recover fourteen lots of ground, being part of square-numbered two hundred and seven in the city of Washington. The defendant'pleaded not guilty.
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Error to the Supreme Court-of the District of Columbia. This is an action of eijeetment by the plaintiffs in error, who. were plaintiffs below, to recover fourteen lots of ground, being part of square-numbered two hundred and seven in the city of Washington. The defendant'pleaded not guilty. The. case was tried upon the following agreed statement of facts: — The defendant,* the Washington Hospital for Foundlings, admits,— First, That Joshua Peirce, late of the District of Columbia, died .on the eleventh day of April, 1869. . Second, That he' died seised of the real estate set forth and…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Swayne
This case waá'súbmitted to the court below, upon an agreed statement of facts.
The court found for the defendant, and gave judgment accordingly. The plaintiffs thereupon sued out this writ of error. The questions presented for our consideration are questions of law arising upon the will of Joshua Pierce, deceased. The will declares: —
“I give, devise, and bequeath all those fourteen certain lots” (describing fully the premises in controversy) “to my friends, William M. Shuster and William H. Clagett, of the said city of Washington, and the survivor of them, and the heirs, executors,…
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