MR. JUSTICE PECKHAM, after making the foregoing statement, delivered the opinion of the court.
The opinion of the Court of Appeals, in this case, delivered by Chief Justice Alvey (24 App. D.C. 187), is entirely satisfactory to us, and leaves little to be said in addition. For
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