Ronkendorff v. Taylor's Lessee
Supreme Court of the United States
FROM the circuit court of the district of Columbia, for the county of Washington. This.was. an ejectment, brought by the defendant in error, in the circuit court, for the recovery of an undivided moiety of a, lot of ground in the city of Washington, No. 4, in square No. 491. The lessor of the plaintiff in the. ejectment claimed to be entitled, to the lot .of ground as tenant in common with the heirs at law of Henry Toland, deceased; and on the 10th of March 1823, the half of…
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FROM the circuit court of the district of Columbia, for the county of Washington. This.was. an ejectment, brought by the defendant in error, in the circuit court, for the recovery of an undivided moiety of a, lot of ground in the city of Washington, No. 4, in square No. 491. The lessor of the plaintiff in the. ejectment claimed to be entitled, to the lot .of ground as tenant in common with the heirs at law of Henry Toland, deceased; and on the 10th of March 1823, the half of the lot so held by the lessor of the plaintiff, was set up and exposed to-publie sale, as assessed to James N. Taylor,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice M’Lean
This writ, of error is prosecuted to reverse.a judgment of the circuit court for the district of Columbia.
The defendant in error brought an action of ejectment in the circuit court, to récover possession of lot No. 4, ip square No. 491, in the city of Washington, half of which had been sold for taxes; and under the special instructions of the court,-recovered á verdict and judgment. Several exceptions were taken to the competency of the evidence admitted on the trial, all of which appear in the bill of exceptions.
The first objection was taken to the competency of the proof of the…
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