U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia, 1849

McPherson v. Gallagan

McPherson v. Gallagan
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia · Decided December 1, 1849
16 F. Cas. 341; 1 Hayw. & H.D.C. 394; 1849 U.S. App. LEXIS 422
McPherson v. Gallagan

Opinion of the Court

BY THE COURT.

This cause having been heard and considered by the court on a motion to dismiss the certiorari, and it appearing by the record that the matter of fact, to wit, the forcible entry and detainer had been regularly tried, upon a traverse tendered by the petitioner, before the service of the cer-tiorari, and restitution awarded but not executed; it is now considered by the court that the certiorari be dismissed with costs, and the justices proceed in the premises as if the certiorari had not issued; and that the clerk of this court do certify the same to said justices.

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