Opinion

Holmead v. Smith

  • 5 D.C. 343
Court
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia
Filed
Nov 15, 1837
Status
Published
Author
Cranch
On the bench
Cranch
Cited by
0 cases
Authority
More cited than 8.5%

The opinion

Cranch, C. J.,

said that this Court had entertained jurisdiction, by certiorari, in forcible entry and detainer in- several cases, and referred to the case of United States v. Donahoo, in this Court, at December term, 1807 ( 1 Cranch, C. C. 474 ) ; and the case of the Lord Proprietor v. Brown et al. 1 Har. & McHenry, 428.

The Court (Thruston, J., absent,) quashed the inquisition for uncertainty in the description of the property: “ Tenement or storehouse ” is too vague.

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