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SHANKLAND v. ALDERMEN AND COMMON COUNCIL OF WASHINGTON

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30 U.S. 390 (1831)

5 Pet. 390

8 L.Ed. 166

ALEXANDER B. SHANKLAND, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR vs. THE MAYOR, ALDERMEN AND COMMON COUNCIL OF WASHINGTON, DEFENDANTS IN ERROR.

Supreme Court of United States.

January 21, 1831.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The case was argued by Mr Wirt and Mr Swann for the plaintiff; and by Mr Jones and Mr Key for the defendants.

Mr Justice STORY delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is a writ of error to the circuit court of the district of Columbia, sitting in the county of Washington. The original action was brought by the plaintiff in error, to recover the amount of one half of the prize of twenty-five thousand dollars, which was drawn in a lottery authorized by the corporation of Washington, by ticket No. 5591, of which the plaintiff asserted himself to be the owner and possessor in...

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