Manson v. Duncanson
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. In condemnation'proceedings instituted by the United States in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia to obtain land for a post office site in the city of "Washington, a treasury draft for the sum of $17,000 was paid by the United States into the registry of that court on October 9, 1891, as compensation to the owner of a parcel of land designated in the proceedings as parcel 15, in square 323. •• Frederick…
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APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. In condemnation'proceedings instituted by the United States in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia to obtain land for a post office site in the city of "Washington, a treasury draft for the sum of $17,000 was paid by the United States into the registry of that court on October 9, 1891, as compensation to the owner of a parcel of land designated in the proceedings as parcel 15, in square 323. •• Frederick L. Manson and Charles C. Duncanson both claimed, this fund, each as having been owner in fee simple of the said parcel…
1Opinion of the Court
. Mr. Justice Shiras,
after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.
The only matter for our consideration relates to the validity of the decree of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia of May 18, 1875, ratifying and confirming the sale of the property in dispute, and that depends upon the solution of the question whether that court had jurisdiction of the person of Frederick L. Manson and of the subject-matter of the suit in which the decree was entered.
There was no service of a subpoena upon Frederick L. Manson, but there was an appointment of a guardian ad litem by…
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