Lessee of Spratt v. Spratt
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR to the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia, for the county of Washington. This was an action of ejectment, brought by the plaintiff' in error to recover several messuages, which he claimed by virtue of several demises made to him by Thomas Spratt, and others; the messuages all lying and being in the county of Washington, in the District of Columbia; against Sarah Spratt, the defendant in error, who was the widow of James Spratt, and who was in possession of…
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ERROR to the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia, for the county of Washington. This was an action of ejectment, brought by the plaintiff' in error to recover several messuages, which he claimed by virtue of several demises made to him by Thomas Spratt, and others; the messuages all lying and being in the county of Washington, in the District of Columbia; against Sarah Spratt, the defendant in error, who was the widow of James Spratt, and who was in possession of the.premises. The following facts were agreed in the Court below: James Spratt, before the time of the- demise laid in the…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Marshall
delivered the. opinion of the Court.
This is an ejectment, brought in the Circuit Court .for the district of Columbia, sitting in the county of Washington, for the recovery of several lots, lying in the county of Washington, of which James Spratt died seised. The lessors of the plaintiff are aliens, the legitimate brothers and sisters of the • said James; and,the defendant, who is also an alien, is his widow ; James died without issue.
James Spratt came into America in the year 1812, and became a citizen on the 11th of October, in the year 1821. He purchased one of the lots before he became a…
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