Greenleaf's Lessee v. Birth
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Circuit Court of the district of Columbia, for the county of Washington. The lessee of James Greenleaf instituted an action of ^ , ejectment, in the circuit court for the county of Washington, for the recovery of lot No. 16, in square No. 75, in the city of Washington, which suit was afterwards removed to the county of Alexandria, and was there tried in the circuit court.
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Error to the Circuit Court of the district of Columbia, for the county of Washington. The lessee of James Greenleaf instituted an action of ^ , ejectment, in the circuit court for the county of Washington, for the recovery of lot No. 16, in square No. 75, in the city of Washington, which suit was afterwards removed to the county of Alexandria, and was there tried in the circuit court. Upon the trial, the plaintiff gave in evidence certain duly authenticated copies of deeds, commencing in date on the 18th of June 1791, and of the allotment of the lot in question to James Greenleaf, by the…
1Opinion of the Court
Story, Justice,
delivered the opinion of the court. — The plaintiff in error brought an action of ejectment in the circuit court for the county of Washington, in the district of Columbia, to recover a certain lot of land in the city of Washington. The general issue was pleaded ; and upon the trial, the jury found a verdict for the defendant, upon which judgment was rendered in his favor. Upon that judgment, the present writ of error has been brought.
At the trial, several exceptions were taken, by the plaintiff, to the opinions expressed or refused by the court. As to some of these exceptions,…
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