Holmead v. Smith
5 D.C. 343
Procedural entryThis page is a short order in Holmead v. Smith. Read the opinion of the Court — 12 F. Cas. 391 →
Opinion
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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United States v. Donahoo
25 F. Cas. 889 (U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia, 1807)