Case Name: The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company v. John Mason
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1830-12
Citations: 4 Cranch 123
Docket Number: 
Parties: The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company v. John Mason.
Judges: (Thruston, J., absent,)
Reporter: Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (District of Columbia - reported by Mackey)
Volume: 4
Pages: 123–124

Head Matter:
The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company v. John Mason.
An inquisition, condemning more land than can be reasonably required for tlie use of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, or if the boundaries are not ascertained with certainty, will be set aside by the Court.
This was a motion to set aside an inquisition condemning land of Mr. Mason, in Georgetown, District of Columbia, for the use of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal.

Opinion:
The Court,
(Thruston, J., absent,)
upon hearing the testimony of witnesses, and the argument of counsel, set aside the inquisition, because they were of opinion that the company had unreasonably required the condemnation of the whole lot, when they might have left valuable property to Mr. Mason, which seems to be' of no use to the company, and because the jury had not ascertained, with sufficient certainty, the bounds of the land condemned.
Mr. C. Cox and Mr. Swann, for the plaintiff.
Mr. Key, for the defendant.