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PARSONS v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 177.

170 U.S. 45 (1898)

18 S.Ct. 521

42 L.Ed. 943

PARSONS, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 11, 1898.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Arthur A. Birney for plaintiff in error.

Mr. S.T. Thomas and Mr. A.B. Duvall for defendants in error.

MR. JUSTICE SHIRAS, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

The defendants in error have moved to dismiss the writ of error, because the sum or value of the matter in dispute is less than five thousand dollars, and because the judgment of the court below does not involve the validity of a statute of the United States or of an authority exercised under the United States.

It is true that the amount or value of the matter in dispute is not...

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