James Greenleaf's Lessee v. Birth
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR to the circuit court of the coiinty of Alexandria, in the district of Columbia. •This was an ejectment instituted in May .1818,. by the plaintiff in error, in the circuit court of the county of Washington, for the recovery- of a lot of ground in the city of Washington, number 17, square 75; The Case was subsequently removed to the county of Alexandria, where the - same, was tried, and a verdict and judgment rendered for the' defendant. 'The'plaintiff prosecuted this…
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ERROR to the circuit court of the coiinty of Alexandria, in the district of Columbia. •This was an ejectment instituted in May .1818,. by the plaintiff in error, in the circuit court of the county of Washington, for the recovery- of a lot of ground in the city of Washington, number 17, square 75; The Case was subsequently removed to the county of Alexandria, where the - same, was tried, and a verdict and judgment rendered for the' defendant. 'The'plaintiff prosecuted this writ of error. The plaintiff in error, James Greenleaf, held in fee simple; under a patent from the state of Maryland to…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Story
This is a writ of error to the circuit court of the district of Columbia. The original action was an ejectment, brought in May 1818, by the plaintiff in error, against the defendant in *309error, for a certain lot of ground, number 17, square 75, in the city of Washington, and was founded upon demises. Upon the trial (which was .at December term 1839), a- verdict was found for the defendant, upon which he had judgment. Two bills of exceptibfis were taken at the trial on behalf of the plaintiff;- and the questions for the consideration of this court grow out of the matter of those exceptions.
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