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BEATTY AND RITCHIE v. KURTZ AND OTHERS

27 U.S. 566 (____)

2 Pet. 566

CHARLES A. BEATTY AND JOHN T. RITCHIE, APPELLANTS vs. DANIEL KURTZ AND OTHERS, TRUSTEES OF THE GERMAN LUTHERAN CHURCH OF GEORGETOWN, APPELLEES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The cause was argued for the appellants, by Mr C.C. Lee; and for the appellees, by Messrs Key and Dunlop.

Mr Justice STORY delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is an appeal in a suit in equity from a decree of the circuit court of the district of Columbia, sitting for the county of Washington.

Georgetown was erected into a town by an act of the legislature of Maryland, passed in 1751, ch. 25. By subsequent acts additions were made to the territorial limits of the town; and the town was created a corporation, with the...

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