WASHINGTON &C. RAILROAD v. DIS'T OF COLUMBIA

No. 27.

146 U.S. 227 (1892)

WASHINGTON AND GEORGETOWN RAILROAD COMPANY v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 21, 1892.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Enoch Totten and Mr. Walter D. Davidge for appellant.

Mr. George C. Hazelton and Mr. Sidney T. Thomas for appellees submitted on their brief.


MR. CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER, after stating the case as above reported, delivered the opinion of the court.

Both sections of the act of March 3, 1885, regulating appeals from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, (23 Stat. 443, c. 355,) apply to cases where there is a matter in dispute measurable by some sum or value in money. Farnsworth v. Montana, 129 U.S. 104, 112; Cross v. Burke, ante, 82. By that...

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