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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. ARMES

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107 U.S. 519 (1883)

2 S.Ct. 840

27 L.Ed. 618

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, v. ARMES.

Supreme Court of United States.

May 7, 1883.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Albert G. Riddle and Mr. Francis Miller for the plaintiff in error.

Mr. Samuel Shellabarger and Mr. Arthur A. Birney for the defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE FIELD delivered the opinion of the court.

This was an action to recover damages for injuries received by the plaintiff's intestate, Du Bose, from a fall caused by a defective sidewalk in the city of Washington. In 1873, the board of public works of the city caused the grade of the carriageway of Thirteenth Street, between F and G Streets, to be lowered several feet. The distance between the curbstone of the carriageway and the line of the adjacent buildings...

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