IN RE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Nos. 13 and 14, Original.

180 U.S. 250 (1901)

In re DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, No. 1. In re DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, No. 2.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 11, 1901.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Robert A. Howard for the District of Columbia, petitioner.

Mr. A.A. Hoehling, Jr., by leave of court, filed a brief in bealf of certain interested parties.


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

These are petitions for mandamus. The petition in No. 13 sets forth in substance that the Court of Claims rendered judgment in favor of Thomas Kirby and against the District, June 10, 1895, due and payable as of January 1, 1876, under the provisions of two acts of Congress, of June 16, 1880, 21 Stat. 284, c. 243, and of February 13, 1895, 28 Stat. 664, c. 87. No...

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