CAPITAL TRACTION COMPANY v. HOF

No. 108.

174 U.S. 1 (1899)

19 S.Ct. 580

43 L.Ed. 873

CAPITAL TRACTION COMPANY, v. HOF.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 11, 1899.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. R. Ross Perry for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Alexander Wolf for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE GRAY delivered the opinion of the court.

On September 8, 1896, the Capital Traction Company, a street railway corporation in the District of Columbia, presented to the Supreme Court of the District a petition for a writ of certiorari to a justice of the peace to prevent a civil action to recover damages in the sum of $300 from being tried by a jury before him.

The petition for a writ of certiorari alleged...

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