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HOLROYD v. PUMPHREY

59 U.S. 69 (1855)

18 How. 69

JOHN HOLROYD, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. LEVI PUMPHREY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was argued by Mr. Davis and Mr. Lawrence, for the plaintiff in error, and Mr. Carlisle and Mr. Bradley, for the defendant in error.

Mr. Justice CAMPBELL delivered the opinion of the court.

This action was commenced by the plaintiff, to recover a lot of land situate within the city of Washington, in possession of the defendant.

His title is derived from a sale by the city collector of taxes, in the year 1846, at which he was the purchaser; and to sustain it he produced, on the trial of the cause, evidence from the corporation records that the lot...

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