U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia, 1822

Hough v. Smoot

Hough v. Smoot
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia · Decided May 15, 1822
2 D.C. 318; 12 F. Cas. 581; 2 Cranch 318
Hough v. Smoot

Opinion of the Court

The Court,

(nem. con.) upon an examination of the Act of

Congress of the 24th of June, 1812, <§> 4, [2 Stat. at Large, 755,] .and the Acts of Maryland of 1715, c. 40, and 1795, c. 56, was of opinion that this process was extended to the county of Alexandria, so far as r.egards the attachment of lands and tenements.

There was no argument of counsel upon the point.

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