MR. JUSTICE SHIRAS, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.
This is an appeal from a decree of the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia reversing an order or decree of the Supreme Court of the District confirming an assessment upon lands of the appellees for alleged benefits accruing from the opening of certain streets adjoining such lands, and presents for determination the constitutionality of an act of Congress, approved March 3, 1899...
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