Samuel D. Harris and Others v. Jesse D. Elliott
Supreme Court of the United States
1Opinion of the Court 1
35 U.S. 25
10 Pet. 25
9 L.Ed. 333
SAMUEL D. HARRIS AND OTHERS
v.
JESSE D. ELLIOTT.
January Term, 1836
1
ON a certificate of division between the judges of the circuit court of the United States for the district of Massachusetts.
2
This was an action of trespass quare clausum fregit, instituted in the circuit court of the United States at October term 1833, against the defendant, Jesse D Elliott, the commandant of the United States navy yard at Charlestown, Massachusetts; in order to determine the title claimed by the plaintiffs as heirs of John Harris, formerly of Charlestown, Massachusetts. The United…
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