# Holmead v. Smith

> U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia · November 15, 1837 · 5 D.C. 343

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/8316062

## Case

- **Full name:** Anthony Holmead v. Ann W. Smith
- **Court:** U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia
- **Decided:** November 15, 1837
- **Citations:** 5 D.C. 343
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion of the court by Cranch
- **Judges:** Cranch
- **Cited by:** 0 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

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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