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5 D.C. 343

Holmead v. Smith

Decided November 15, 1837

The petition of Anthony Holmead for the certiorari, on the 17th of November, 1837, addressed to the Court in vacation, was presented to the chief judge.

Decided 1837-11-15

Cranch, C. J.,

¶1said 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.

¶2The 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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