MacKall v. Richards
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. This suit involved the title to that part of square 223, in the City of Washington, designated as lot 7, at the southwest corner of New York Avenue and Fourteenth Street.
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APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. This suit involved the title to that part of square 223, in the City of Washington, designated as lot 7, at the southwest corner of New York Avenue and Fourteenth Street. Its building line on the avenue was about 152 feet and 9 inches in length, and on Fourteenth Street a little less; while the south line, which was at right angles with Fourteenth Street, was about 100 .feet, and the west line, which'was at right angles with the avenue, was about 97 feet 5 inches, in length. In June or July, 1864, the lot was subdivided by Brooke…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harlan
He stated the facts in the foregoing language, and continued :
The action of the court below directing the sale of only so much of lot 7 as lies south of a line running from a point 44 feet south of its northeast corner parallel with New York Avenue to the west line of the lot, leaving undetermined the question of the title to that part of the lot lying north of that parallel line, is subject to review, upon this second appeal, if, as appellant contends, the proceedings subsequent to the decision here are erroneous and prejudical to his substantial rights in respect of matters not concluded by…
2Cited by8 opinions
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- MacKall v. MacKallSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- MacKall v. RichardsSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
- King v. MasonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1906
- Mackall v. MackallSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
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