Sharon v. Tucker
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. The court stated the case as follows •; This was a suit in equity to establish, as matter of record,, the title of the complainants to certain real property in the city of Washington, constituting a part of square number one hundred and fifty-one, and to enjoin the defendants from asserting title to the same premises as heirs of the former owner.
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APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. The court stated the case as follows •; This was a suit in equity to establish, as matter of record,, the title of the complainants to certain real property in the city of Washington, constituting a part of square number one hundred and fifty-one, and to enjoin the defendants from asserting title to the same premises as heirs of the former owner. The facts which gave rise to it, briefly stated, are as follows : In 1828, Thomas Tudor Tucker died seized of the premises in controversy. He had, at one time, held the office of ■ Treasurer…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Field
The title of the complainants is founded upon the adverse possession of themselves and parties, through whom they derive their interests, under claim and color of title,- for a period exceeding the statutory time which bars an action for the recovery of land within the District of Columbia. The statute of limitation to such cases in force in the District is ‘-that of 21 James I, ch. 16. That statute, passed “for quieting .. of men’s estates and avoiding of suits,” among other things declared that no person or persons should at any time thereafter make any entry into any lands, tenements or…
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