DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. GANNON

No. 182.

130 U.S. 227 (1889)

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. GANNON.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 1, 1889.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. S.S. Henkle (with whom was Mr. John F. Ennis on the brief) for the motion.

Mr. A.G. Riddle and Mr. H.E. Davis opposing.


MR. CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER delivered the opinion of the court.

The defendant in error recovered judgment in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, against the District, for five thousand dollars, in an action on the case for personal injuries, on the 17th day of January, 1885, which judgment was affirmed in general term on the 28th of May succeeding, and the cause brought here on writ of error.

Under the act of Congress of March 3, 1885, (23 Stat. 443...

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