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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. BAILEY

Nos. 390, 420.

171 U.S. 161 (1898)

18 S.Ct. 868

43 L.Ed. 118

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, v. BAILEY. BAILEY, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 31, 1898.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Sidney T. Thomas and Mr. Andrew B. Duvall for the District of Columbia.

Mr. A.S. Worthington for Bailey.

MR. JUSTICE WHITE, after making the foregoing statement, delivered the opinion of the court.

The decision of this controversy involves two propositions. Did the Commissioners of the District of Columbia have the power to agree to submit the claim in issue to the award of an arbitrator? And if they did have the power, did they lawfully exercise it? To answer either of these questions it becomes essential to ascertain whether an agreement to submit to arbitration involves...

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