Supreme Court of the United States May 18, 1879, 233 (Brick v. Brick)

Mr. Justice Field

delivered the opinion of the court.

In 1864, between the 7th and 27th of September, the appellant, Samuel R. Brick, a resident of Philadelphia, purchased eight hundred and ninety-two shares of stock in the Washington Gas-light Compan}r, a corporation existing in the District of Columbia, charted by Congress, paying for the same $17,277.