Frey v. Allen
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
? Hearing on an appeal by the plaintiff from a judgment on special verdict in an action of ejectment. The Court, in its opinion, stated the case as follows: This is an action of ejectment brought by the appellant William H. Frey, in the Supreme Court of the District to recover possession of one-half of certain parcels of land. Judgment was rendered for the defendant, Martha E. Allen, on a special verdict, and plaintiff has appealed therefrom.
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? Hearing on an appeal by the plaintiff from a judgment on special verdict in an action of ejectment. The Court, in its opinion, stated the case as follows: This is an action of ejectment brought by the appellant William H. Frey, in the Supreme Court of the District to recover possession of one-half of certain parcels of land. Judgment was rendered for the defendant, Martha E. Allen, on a special verdict, and plaintiff has appealed therefrom. The verdict was, in fact, prepared for the jury, and recites at length the pertinent facts of the case, thereby obviating the necessity of a bill of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shepard
1. Assuming for the time being that the equitable title to the lands conveyed by Van Hook and wife, in trust, for the sole use and benefit of Leona V. Frey, did not pass by the conveyance of John A. Frey, trustee, to Clark and Fenwick, trustees, though made apparently by her direction; and that upon her death, her title devolved upon appellant and his brother, who were her only heirs-at-law, two preliminary questions are presented, the decision of each of which in his favor is necessary to the maintenance of the appellant’s action in the manner, and at the time, as brought.
2. The first of…
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