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THE ALEXANDRIA CANAL CO. v. SWANN

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46 U.S. 83 (1847)

5 How. 83

12 L.Ed. 60

THE ALEXANDRIA CANAL COMPANY, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. FRANCIS SWANN, DEFENDANT.

Supreme Court of United States.

January 4, 1847.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The cause was argued at December term, 1845, by Mr. Bledsoe and Mr. Coxe, for the plaintiff in error, and by Mr. William T. Swann and Mr. Jones, for the defendant in error. At the present term the court gave its opinion.

Mr. Bledsoe, for the plaintiff in error, contended, —

Mr. William T. Swann, for the defendant in error, made the following points: —

Mr. Jones, on the same side.

Mr. Coxe, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Chief Justice TANEY delivered the opinion of the court.

This case is brought here by writ of error from the Circuit Court for Washington county, in the District of Columbia. The suit was originally brought in Alexandria county by the defendant in error, against the plaintiff; and upon the motion of the former was removed to Washington county under the provisions of the act of June 24, 1812, § 3. The points raised in...

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