Beatty and Ritchie v. Kurtz and Others
Supreme Court of the United States
. APPEAL from the circuit court of the county of Washington. ■The appellees filed their bill in the circuit court-against Charles A. Beatty and John T. Ritchie, which states, in substance, that the late' colonel Charles Beatty- and George Frazier Hawkins, in the year 1769, laid out .on lands belong-ihg to them, and adjoining the town of Georgetown, a certain town known by the name of “ Beatty and Hawkins’s ad--. dition to Georgetown the lots.whereof were laid down and…
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. APPEAL from the circuit court of the county of Washington. ■The appellees filed their bill in the circuit court-against Charles A. Beatty and John T. Ritchie, which states, in substance, that the late' colonel Charles Beatty- and George Frazier Hawkins, in the year 1769, laid out .on lands belong-ihg to them, and adjoining the town of Georgetown, a certain town known by the name of “ Beatty and Hawkins’s ad--. dition to Georgetown the lots.whereof were laid down and distinguished on a plot, and disposéd of by lottery. That Beatty ini laying out the said addition, distinguished and set apart…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stciry
delivered the ^opinion of the Court.
This is an appeal in a suit in equity -from a. decree-of the circuit court of. the district of Columbia, sitting for the county of Washington.. Georgetown , was erected into a town-by-an act of the legislature of Maryland, passed in 1-751, ch. 25. By subsequent acts additions were made. to die territorial limits of the town; and the town was. created a corporation, with the usual municipal officers, by. an act of the Maryland legislature,.passed in 1780, ch.- 23. The charter of incorporation has been subsequently amended by congress, by. various acts passed…
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