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Gorman v. Marsteller
10 F. Cas. 831
U.S. Circuit Court for the Dis...
1822
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The Court (Thruston, J., absent,)

at November term, 1821, instructed the jury, 1st! That the plaintiff must prove a trespass in the County of Alexandria, in the District of Columbia.

2d.

(Cránch, O. J., strongly doubting.)

That the injuries done on the Virginia side of the line might be given in evidence under the alia enormia ; and

3d. That an entry on the district part of the close, with intent to do the injury on the other part, was a trespass.

See Pope v. Davies, 2 Camp. 266; Bulwer’s case, 7 Co. 1; Doulson v. Matthews, 4 T. R. 503; Mostyn v. Fabrigas, Cowp. 164; Alves v. Hodgson, 7 T. R. 241.

Verdict for the plaintiff, $100.

A motion for a new trial, upon a suggestion of misdirection of the jury by the Court, as to the admission of evidence of injuries done in Virginia under alia enormia, (those injuries being of themselves- substantial causes of action in Virginia,)

Case Details

Case Name: Gorman v. Marsteller
Court Name: U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia
Date Published: May 15, 1822
Citation: 10 F. Cas. 831
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