Patch v. White
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OE COLUMBIA. Ejectment. The question at issue was the construction of a will, the principal parts of which are set forth in the opinion of the court.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OE COLUMBIA. Ejectment. The question at issue was the construction of a will, the principal parts of which are set forth in the opinion of the court. The case was first argued November 12, 1885. The judgment below was affirmed by a divided court, November 26, 1.885. On the 14th December this judgment was set aside, and.a reargument was ordered, which was made January 13, 14, 1886, by the same counsel. cited .Bradley v. Packet Co., 13 Pet. 89 ;■ Blake v. Doherty, 5 Wheat. 359; Atkinson v. Cummins, 9 •How. 479 ; Reed v. Insurance Co., 95 U. S. 23 ;…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bradley
Ejectment for two undivided thirds of a lot of land in Wash- ' ington City, known on the plats and ground plan of the city as lot No. 3, square 406, fronting 50 feet on E Street north: plea, not guilty. The plaintiff, John Patch, now plaintiff in *213error, claims the lot under Henry Walker, devisee of James Walker. The latter died seized of tije lot in 1832, and by his last will, dated in September of that year, devised to Henry-Walker as follows, to wit: “ I bequeath and give to my dearly-beloved brother, Henry Walker, forever, lot numbered six, in square four hundred and three, together with…
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