U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia July 15, 1811 (Common Council of Alexandria v. Wise)

The Court,

however,

(Fitzhugh, J., absent,)

vras of opinion that the jurisdiction extended over the range of lots west- of West street; and that by the Acts of Virginia, those lots were incorporated with, “ and to be considered as part of, the town, and subject to the same regulations as the other parts thereof.”

See the Act of Virginia, of 1785, 1786, 1796.