Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-03-11
Supreme Court Of the y. States.
sHoDGsON Us. DEXTER.


an agreement under zeal. 10 theie words,
This Indenture made the 14th day OF
Auqu(f. in the year OF our Lord, 1900,
between Jofeph Hodgfon of the City OF
Warrington, aud Territory Of Columbia,
of the one part, and Samuel Dexter of the
sgm< place, Secretary Of War, Of the 0tber
sart, WitneHeth, that the faid JoiePh
Hodgfon, for. and in confederation OF the
fun Of four hundred dollars current mo-
new of the United States, to him In hand
raid by the faid Samuel Dexter, at or be-
fore the falling and delivery of theie pre-
tents, rhe receipt whereof is hereby ac-
.knowledged, hath Identified, granted and
TO farm let, and by thele prelents doth
deniie, grant, and to farm let, to the
laid Samuel Dexter, and bis saeeeisors,
all that three Rory brick mednage, &c.
..tdeGribing the property 40 have and
60 hold the laid Identified premiies unto him
the faid Samuel Dexter, and bis saeees-
,oys, from the day of the date hereof, Tor
and during add unto the full end and term
ofeipht calender months from thence next
enfuing and fully to be complicated and
ended. And the iaid Jofepn Hodgion,
for bimielf, his heirs, executors, admin
orators and afigns, doth hereby cove
nant, promiie and agree, TO and with The
taid Samuel Dexter, and his fucceaors,
that he the faid Samuel Dexter, and his
fucceGors, fhall and may peaceably and
Quietly have, hold, ufe, occupy, poileis,
and enjoy the above Identified premises, for
and during the term granted thereof with
out the ler, fuit, trouble, medication or
eviction Of him, the faid Jofeph Hodg
fon, or his heirs or afiigns, or OF any per-
Ton or perfons wha,loever, lawfully claim
Ing or to claim by, from, under or In trua
for him or them; and the faid Samstl
Dexter, far blm,sJf and hi, s1eetssors,
doth hereby eoyeaasf, 9r0m'fe and Ggrse,
60 and with the faid Jofeph Hodg!on, his
heirs and aGigns, that the fsid SGnaei
Dexter and bis Successors, sbGN and T0iH
at eli times, during the faia term, keep
or caufe to be kept III goad and iuflcient
repair, the laid denied premifes, istVi-
xabk easualtie,, and ordinary decay ex-
cepted, and the fame 70 well and fufhcient-
ly KEEP, in repair, fhall and will at the
end of the laid term, yield and furfender
up to him the faid Jcfsph Hodgfon, his
heirs and aHigns. In Witnefs.' &c.
The defendant filed ieveral pleas, and
among Others, the following:
9th Plea. And for the further plea
20 the laid frh count, the faid Dexter,
bv like leave of the court here frf had
and obtained, faith, that the fsid Hodg-
fon ought nos TO have or maintain his a.
forefaid action thereof againf him, be-
,caofe he the faid Dexter faith, that on the
18th day of May, 1909, the PRECEDENT OF
the Uaited States, for the :fme then being
in purfuance of authority given to him by
law. did order and direct the various Off
ces belonging to the 4everal executive de.
partments of the u. States, of which the
department of war thea was and yet is
one, TO be removed TO tn. CRY of Waih-
ington on the 6,it day of June, then next
enfuing and that in obedience to the fame
order and direction, the various offices of
the department of war afoTefaid were re-
moved TO the faid City of Warrington on
the faid hrff day of June, and that there,
BY il becomes proper and neceiiary that
f1itabIe building ihould be hired, IN which
the faid Offices of the laid department. OF
war might be holden and kept, ard thar
for thefe purpofes and for no other purpsfe
whatever, the buildings mentioned IN the
In6enture aforelaid was by the iaid In
densure leafed TO the faid Dexter by the
faid Hodgfon, and that at the time when
the faid Dexter executed the 1ndenture
aforelaid he was Secretary of the laid de-
parrmsnt of war, and this he is ready
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