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METROPOLITAN R'D v. DIST. OF COLUMBIA

No. 5.

132 U.S. 1 (1889)

10 S.Ct. 19

33 L.Ed. 231

METROPOLITAN RAILROAD COMPANY, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided October 21, 1889.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Nathaniel Wilson and Mr. Walter D. Davidge for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Henry E. Davis and Mr. A.G. Riddle for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE BRADLEY delivered the opinion of the court.

This was an action brought by the District of Columbia in November, 1880, to recover from the Metropolitan Railroad Company the sum of $161,622.52. The alleged cause of action was work done and materials furnished by the plaintiff in paving certain streets and avenues in the city of Washington at various times in the years 1871, 1872, 1873, 1874, and 1875, upon and in consequence of the neglect of the defendant...

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