Chesapeake & O. Canal Co. v. Key
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia
This was a motion by F. S. Key, to set aside an inquisition which had been taken and returned to the court, condemning, for the use of the canal, a lot in Georgetown, owned by him. The cause was argued by him and Mr. Jones, on the 23d and 25th of May, 1S29. The statement of the case will appear in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
CRANCH, Chief Judge.
This cause comes before the court by a motion to set aside the inquisition which condemns Mr. Key’s land in Georgetown, for the purposes of the canal, under the 15th section of the charter granted by Virginia, and confirmed by Maryland, Pennsylvania, and the United States. By that section it is enacted that the inquisition taken and returned in the manner therein set forth, shall be affirmed, unless good cause be shown against it. Mr. Key. in showing *564cause, has taken the following objections to the inquisition, and to the proceedings upon which it was founded. 1. That the…
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