Hogan v. Kurtz
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to tbe Supreme Court of tbe District of Columbia. Tbe ease is stated in tbe opinion of tbe court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clifford
delivered tbe opinion of tbe court.
Fictions in pleading in actions of ejectment in the courts of this District are abolished, and tbe provision is, that “ all actions for tbe recovery of real estate in tbe District shall be commenced in tbe name of tbe real party in interest, and against tbe party claiming to own or be possessed ” of tbe same. 16 Stat. 146.
Certain described parts of lot numbered. 17, in square 377, according to tbe recorded plat of tbe city, were, on tbe 11th of June, 1870, in tbe possession of tbe defendant; and it appears that the plaintiffs, claiming to own tbe premises,…
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