Spratt v. Spratt
Supreme Court of the United States
THTS case came before the court from the circuit court for. the county of Washington, in the district of Columbia, on a case stated in thatcourt.
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THTS case came before the court from the circuit court for. the county of Washington, in the district of Columbia, on a case stated in thatcourt. The plaintiff,. Thomas Spratt, instituted in the circuit court an action of replevin, the defendant, as the administratrix of James Spratt, having levied a distress on the property of the plaintiff, for rent claimed tobe due for a house occupied by him in the' city of Washington, and to which he claimed title in himself,'and in the.brothers and sisters of James Spratt, deceased. It was agreed, bythe counsel, that the title to the house and lot. of…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Marshall
This case depends entirely on the title of the defendant in error to the premises in the avowry mentioned, who- is one of, the brothers and heirs of James Spratt. deceased.
James Spratt was a native of Ireland, who arrived in the United States previous to the 18th of June 1812, and resided therein until his death. Oil the 14th of April in the year 1817, he made report of himself to the clerk of the circuit court*of. the United States for the district of Columbia, in the county of Washington, which report was recorded; and, on the 17th of May thereafter, he .appeared in the same court, and made…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Lessee of Spratt v. SprattSupreme Court of the United States · 1828
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