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Common Council of Alexandria v. Wise

2 D.C. 27
CourtU.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia
DecidedJuly 15, 1811
StatusPublished

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Bluebook
Common Council of Alexandria v. Wise, 2 D.C. 27 (circtddc 1811).

Opinion

The Court,

however,

(Fitzhugh, J., absent,)

vras of opinion that the jurisdiction extended over the range of lots west- of West street; and that by the Acts of Virginia, those lots were incorporated with, “ and to be considered as part of, the town, and subject to the same regulations as the other parts thereof.”

See the Act of Virginia, of 1785, 1786, 1796.

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