DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. ESLIN

No. 36.

183 U.S. 62 (1901)

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. ESLIN.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 3, 1901.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Robert A. Howard for appellant. Mr. Assistant Attorney General Pradt was on his brief.

Mr. George A. King and Mr. J.W. Douglass for appellee. Mr. William B. King filed a brief for same.


MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court.

By an act of Congress approved June 16, 1880, c. 243, the jurisdiction of the Court of Claims was extended to all claims then existing against the District of Columbia arising out of contracts by the late Board of Public Works and extensions thereof made by the Commissioners of the District, as well as to such claims as had arisen out of contracts by the District Commissioners after the passage of the act of June...

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