Nash v. Rawlett
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Hear tng on an appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, on verdict, in an action of ejectment.' The Court in the opinion stated the facts as follows: This is an appeal from a judgment in an action of ejectment, begun by Mary S. Rawlett against Franklin P. Xash, appellant, to recover the possession of lot 5 in square 611, city of Washington. A former trial resulted in a judgment for defendant, which was reversed.
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Hear tng on an appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, on verdict, in an action of ejectment.' The Court in the opinion stated the facts as follows: This is an appeal from a judgment in an action of ejectment, begun by Mary S. Rawlett against Franklin P. Xash, appellant, to recover the possession of lot 5 in square 611, city of Washington. A former trial resulted in a judgment for defendant, which was reversed. Rowleit v. Nash, 38 App. D. C. 59S. Plaintiff offered evidence tending to show that in 'March, 1903, one John F. Shea, claiming lots 4…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr., Chief Justice Shepard
delivered the opinion of the Court:
The court did not err in permitting the plaintiff to produce in evidence the quitclaim deeds from Shea’s heirs at law to Green, and from Green to her.' They did not vest a title in the plaintiff to the lot, and so the court charged the jury; but they passed to her whatever possessory right Shea may have had as against a real1 trespasser. Chesapeake Beach R. Co. v. *462Washington, P. & C. R. Co. 199 U. S. 247, 249, 252, 50 L. ed. 175, 177, 178, 26 Sup. Ct. Rep. 25.
2. There was no error committed in excluding the paper authorizing Young…
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- Chesapeake Beach Railway Co. v. Washington, Potomac & Chesapeake RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1905