McKenna v. Fisk
Supreme Court of the United States
Tj is case was brought up by writ of error from the Circuit Court of the -United States for the District of Columbia and' county of Washington. I' the trial of the cause in the court below, the whole of the evi ence offered by the plaintiff was shut out by a decision of the court, and the question was solely upon the correctness of this opinion.
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Tj is case was brought up by writ of error from the Circuit Court of the -United States for the District of Columbia and' county of Washington. I' the trial of the cause in the court below, the whole of the evi ence offered by the plaintiff was shut out by a decision of the court, and the question was solely upon the correctness of this opinion. The writ was as follows: The United States of America, to the Marshal of the District of . -Columbia, greeting : We commapd you, that you take Charles B. Fisk, late of Washington county, if he shall be. found within the county of Washington, in your…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wayne
delivered the opinion of'the court..
The declaration in this case contains three counts. It is alleged in the first and third, that the defendant, with force and arms, in. the county of Washington, seized, took, detained, and destroyed the goods and chattels belonging to the plaintiff, and also the shantee or storehouse in which the goods were found,' of the value of $2000. The only difference in the counts is in the specification of the goods destroyed. In the second count, the defendant is charged with having, with force and arms, in the county of Washington, broke and entered a certain,…
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