Custiss v. The Georgetown and Alexandria Turnpike Company
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR to the circuit court for the district of Columbia, sitting at Alexandria, which had quashed an inquisition taken by the marshal'condemning land Mr. Custiss for a turnpike road.
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ERROR to the circuit court for the district of Columbia, sitting at Alexandria, which had quashed an inquisition taken by the marshal'condemning land Mr. Custiss for a turnpike road. The inquisition was taken under the 7th section of the act of congress of the 3d of March, 1809,,'*to authorize the making of a turnpike road from|Matson’s causey to Alexandria,” voL 9. f. 276. which provides, that it shall be lawful for the president and directors of the turnpike company to aeree with the owners of any ground to be occupied by the .roac tad the neeessary toll-houses and gates, for the right…
1Opinion of the Court
Marshall, Ch. J.
delivered the opinion of the court as follows:
At the opening of this case, some doubt Was entertained respecting the jurisdiction of the supreme court, but that doubt is removed by an inspection of the act by which the circuit court of the district of Columbia is constituted. The words of that act, descriptive of the appéllate jurisdiction of this court, are more ample than those employed in the judicial act. They are, that “ any final judgment, order or decree in said circuit court, wherein the matter in dispute, exclusive costs, shall exceed the value of 100 dollars, may be…
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