Tayloe v. Thomson's Lessee
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Circuit Court of the district of Columbia, for the county of Washington. This was an ejectment, brought by the defendant in error, in the circuit court, for the recovery of a lot of ground in the city of Washington. The defendant pleaded the general issue, and on the trial, a verdict was given for the plaintiff below, subject to the opinion of the court, on a case agreed, which is stated at large in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Baldwin, Justice,
delivered the opinion of the court. — In the court below, this was an action of ejectment, brought by Thomson, to recover possession of a lot in the city of Washington. It came up on a case stated by the parties, which contains all the facts on which the cause depends, and is as follows :
N365] In this case, it is agreed, “that one Charles Glover was seised in fee of the messuage, &c., in dispute, on and before the 15th May 1815, and so continued seised, until the 4th January 1819, when he bargained and sold the premises to the defendant, John Tayloe, as hereinafter mentioned…
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