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HARRIS v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 16.

256 U.S. 650 (1921)

41 S.Ct. 610

65 L.Ed. 1146

HARRIS, BY HIS NEXT FRIEND, ETC. v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 6, 1921.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Rossa F. Downing, for Harris, discussed the following cases:

Mr. Robert L. Williams and Mr. Francis H. Stephens, with whom Mr. Conrad H. Syme was on the brief, for the District of Columbia.

MR. JUSTICE McREYNOLDS delivered the opinion of the court.

The Court of Appeals, District of Columbia, has certified the following question (Jud. Code, § 251):

"Is the sprinkling of the streets to keep down dust for the purpose of the comfort and health of the general public, a public or governmental act as contradistinguished from a private or municipal act, which exempts the District of Columbia from liability for the injuries caused by one of its employees...

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