Whelan v. Welch
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Appeals from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. Separate actions in ejectment by Thomas C. Whelan and others and by William T. Lynch against Mary J. Welch and others, which were submitted together. Judgment for defendants in each case, and plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
SMYTH, Chief Justice.
These appeals involve the same questions, were submitted together, and will be disposed of as one case. Appellants instituted actions in ejectment for the recovery of a lot in the City of Washington. They were consolidated for trial. In one two-thirds of the title was claimed, and in the other the remaining one-third. Judgments were entered against them, and they bring the cases here for review.
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