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WOLFF v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 62.

196 U.S. 152 (1905)

25 S.Ct. 198

49 L.Ed. 426

WOLFF v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 3, 1905.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John C. Gittings, with whom Mr. D.W. Baker was on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. E.H. Thomas, with whom Mr. Andrew B. Duvall was on the brief, for defendant in error.

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

1. The first contention of plaintiff in error is that the stone was an unlawful obstruction, per se. This is deduced as a consequence from section 222 of the Revised Statutes of the District of Columbia, which reads as follows:

"No open space, public reservation, or other public grounds in the city of Washington,...

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