Washington Market Co. v. District of Columbia

Syllabus

<p>In the provision in the 16th section of the act of May 20, 1870, c. 108, “ to incorporate the Washington Market Company,” that “the city government of Washington shall have the right to hold and use, under such rules ancl regulations as the said corporation may prescribe, the open space at the intersection of Ohio and Louisiana avenues with Tenth and Twelfth streets as a market,” etc., the words “the said corporation” refer to the city government of Washington, and not to the Market Company.</p> <p>The correspondence between the Market Company and the city government respecting the use and improvement of this tract which is printed below as a note to the statement of the case, creates no easement in the tract in favor of the Market Company; and the company recognized the fact that Congress might lawfully dispossess it from the use and occupancy of it.</p>