Baltimore & O. R. v. Van Ness
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia
Several inquisitions were taken, upon several warrants issued by a justice of the peace for the county of Washington, against D. Carroll, John A. Wilson, D. A. Hall, and Moses Tabbs and others, under the act of ■congress of March 3, 1835, c. 38, (4 stat. 757,) entitled “An act supplementary to an act entitled ‘an act to authorize the extension, construction, and use of a lateral branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Into and within the District of Columbia,’ passed…
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Several inquisitions were taken, upon several warrants issued by a justice of the peace for the county of Washington, against D. Carroll, John A. Wilson, D. A. Hall, and Moses Tabbs and others, under the act of ■congress of March 3, 1835, c. 38, (4 stat. 757,) entitled “An act supplementary to an act entitled ‘an act to authorize the extension, construction, and use of a lateral branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Into and within the District of Columbia,’ passed December, 1829.” The act alluded to was not passed in December, 1829, but on the 2d of March, 1831, c. 84, [4 Stat. 476, c.…
1Opinion of the Court
OR AN OH, Circuit Judge,
delivered the ■opinion of the court. The act of congress of the 3d of March, c. 28, (4 Stat. 757.) ■entitled an act supplementary to an act entitled “An act to authorize the extension, construction, and use of a lateral branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad into and within the District of Columbia.” passed December, 1829, (section 3,) authorizes the railroad ■company to construct their road through or over the lots or squares in the inquisitions mentioned, “upon the same terms, and with the same privileges as are prescribed for passing through the squares…
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