U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia, 1837

Holmead v. Smith

U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia · Decided November 15, 1837 · Cranch, Description, Inquisition, Property, Quashed, Storehouse, Tenement, Thruston, Uncertainty, Vague

12 F. Cas. 391; 5 Cranch 343

Opinion of the Court

CRANCH, Chief Judge,

said that this court had entertained jurisdiction, by certiorari, in forcible entry and detainer in several cases, and referred to the case of U. S. v. Donahoo [Case No. 14,982], in this court, at December term, 1S07; and the case of the Lord Proprietary v. Brown, 1 Har. & McH. 428.

THE COURT (THRUSTON, Circuit Judge, absent) quashed the inquisition for uncertainty in the description of the property. “Tenement or storehouse” is too vague.

Case-law data current through December 31, 2025. Source: CourtListener bulk data.