Ensminger v. Powers
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF' TENNESSEE. Bill in equity. The facts and the issues in controversy are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Blatchford
Th. May, 1867, a bill in equity was filed by the board of mayor and aldermen of the city of Memphis and Bridget Powers against Marmaduke L. Ensminger and J. J. Sears, in 'the Circuit Court1 of the United States for the Western District of Tennessee. The bill was sworn to by John C. Powers as agent for Bridget Powers. The substantial allegations of the. bill were that the city then owned in fee seventy-five acres of land in Memphis, known as the navy yard, which land, after having been dedicated by its owners, in 1844, to the government of the United States, in fee, for naval purposes, was…
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