Doolan v. Carr
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE’ DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA. Ejectment. Yerdict for the plaintiff and judgment on the . verdict. Defendants sued out this writ of error. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Miller
William.B. Carr, the defendant in error, brought his action of ejectment in the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of California against James Doolan and James McCue, to recover possession of 320 acres Of land, described as “ the east half of section 27, township 2, range 1 East of the Mount Diablo base and meridian, of the public land surveys of the United States of America, in the State of California,” and he had judgment for the land.
No citizenship of either party is alleged, and this is urged as ■ aground of reversal in this court, to which the case has'been brought by a…
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