Thaw v. Ritchie
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE DISTRICT OP COLUMBIA. This was an action of ejectment, brought December 12, 1882, by Columbus Thaw against Maria Eitchie to recover possession of an undivided half of lots 1 and 4 in square 160 in the city of Washington.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE DISTRICT OP COLUMBIA. This was an action of ejectment, brought December 12, 1882, by Columbus Thaw against Maria Eitchie to recover possession of an undivided half of lots 1 and 4 in square 160 in the city of Washington. At the trial, on the general issue, before Chief Justice Caffeter, the plaintiff introduced evidence that his .father, Joseph Thaw, died in 1840, seized and possessed of these lots under a title derived from the United States, and leaving a will, dated February 26, 1840, and duly admitted to probate in the same year, which (omitting the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gray
In the consideration and decision of this case, we have been greatly aided by the able and exhaustive opinions delivered in the court below.
The principal question is whether the orphans’ court, with the approval of the Circuit Court of the United States of the District of Columbia sitting in chancery, had jurisdiction to^ order the sale of real estate of infants for their maintenance and education.
It may be assumed that in Maryland before 1798 the orphans’ court had no authority to order a sale of a' ward’s real estate for any purpose; although the Court of Chancery was empowered by statute…
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