Marsteller and Others v. McClean
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR to the Circuit Court for the District of Columbio- This was an action of trespass for mesne profits after a recovery in ejectment by the present Plaintiffs against the present Defendant, who pleaded the statute of limitations, to which the-Plaintiffs' replied, in substance, that Christiana, the wife of one of the Plaintiffs, and.
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ERROR to the Circuit Court for the District of Columbio- This was an action of trespass for mesne profits after a recovery in ejectment by the present Plaintiffs against the present Defendant, who pleaded the statute of limitations, to which the-Plaintiffs' replied, in substance, that Christiana, the wife of one of the Plaintiffs, and. Elizabeth, the wife of another of the Plaintiffs, in whose rights they sue, « were femes covert when the cause “ of action accrued, and have ever since continued “ femes covert”- — -« and «that Kitty Hunter,” one of the “ Plaintiffs was a feme covert,” and that…
1Opinion of the CourtStory, J.
The Plaintiffs in error brought an action of trespass quare clansum freg.it— to which the Defendant in error pleaded the statute of .limitations. The replication in substance states that, at the time when the cause of action accrued, Christiana, wife of one of the Plaintiffs, .and Elizabeth, wife of another of the Plaintiffs, « were « feme. coverts, and ever since have continued ferae coverts” — and “ that Kitty Hunter” one of the Plaintiffs, “ was a feme covertand that the other Plaintiffs in whose right the suit was bi ought, at the time when the action accrued, and also at the commencement…
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