Case Name: Ninian Edmondson v. Lovell
Court: United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1802-12
Citations: 1 Cranch 103
Docket Number: 
Parties: Ninian Edmondson v. Lovell.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (District of Columbia - reported by Mackey)
Volume: 1
Pages: 103–104

Head Matter:
Ninian Edmondson v. Lovell.
The execution of a deed of land need not be proved by the witnesses if it be acknowledged and recorded.
Possession alone will maintain trespass quare clausum fregit against one who has no title.

Opinion:
Trespass quare clausum fregit. The Court decided that the execution of a deed of bargain and sale of land need not be proved, by subscribing witnesses if the deed has been duly ac knowledged and recorded. And that possession alone was sufficient to maintain the action against one who has no title.