Alexander v. Pendleton
Supreme Court of the United States
This was an appeal from the Circuit Court for the district of Columbia, sitting at Alexandria, as a court of equity. The case, as stated by Marshall, Ch. J., in delivering the opinion of the court, was as follows : This suit was brought in the year 1806, in the circuit court for the county of Alexandria, for the purpose of quieting the title of Nathaniel Pendleton, the plaintiff in that court, to 83 acres of land, contiguous to the town of Alexandria, which had been in his…
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This was an appeal from the Circuit Court for the district of Columbia, sitting at Alexandria, as a court of equity. The case, as stated by Marshall, Ch. J., in delivering the opinion of the court, was as follows : This suit was brought in the year 1806, in the circuit court for the county of Alexandria, for the purpose of quieting the title of Nathaniel Pendleton, the plaintiff in that court, to 83 acres of land, contiguous to the town of Alexandria, which had been in his possession, and in the possession of those under whom he claims, from the year 1732 to the present time. Robert…
1Opinion of the Court
Marshall, Ch. J.,
after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court, as follows : — This being an application to restrain a person from the assertion of title in the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, the prayer of the bill ought not to be granted in a doubtful case ; but if the case be a clear one, the interposition of equity is allowable; and the situation of the land adjoining a growing city, the number of persons who are consequently interested in the settlement of the question, and the numerous titles which depend *on it, give it peculiar claims to the attention of the…
2Cited by1 opinion
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