Thompson v. Tolmie
Supreme Court of the United States
THIS cáse came tip by appeal from the circuit court for the county of Washington, in the district of Columbia; where a verdict was, taken for the appellees, subject to the opinion-of the .Court, upon the following agreed case.
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THIS cáse came tip by appeal from the circuit court for the county of Washington, in the district of Columbia; where a verdict was, taken for the appellees, subject to the opinion-of the .Court, upon the following agreed case. “ The plaintiff, to prove title to the premises, (Lot No. 14 in Square No. 290, in the city of Washington;) showed-a title in Robert Tolmle, regularly deduced by sundry admitted mesne conveyances from David Burnes, one of the origina] proprietors of city property, duly executed and acknowledged and recorded to the said premises, accompanied by possession thereof and…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Thompson
This was an action of ejectment brought in the circuit court of the district of Columbia, in the county of Washington, to recover possession of lot No. 14 in square No. 290,' in< the city of Washington. Upon the trial, the lessors of the plaintiff produced, and proved by sundry mesne conveyances, a title to the premises in question, from David Burnes, one of the original proprietors of city property, to Robert Tolmie, who in the year 1805 died intestate. And it was also proved that the lessors of the plaintiff, are the heirs at law of Robert Tolmie.
The defendant claimed title to the premises…
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