GOTWALS v. MILLER

No. 5496.

59 F.2d 1051 (1932)

John C. GOTWALS, Herbert B. Crosby, Luther H. Reichelderfer, Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and the District of Columbia, a Municipal Corporation, Appellants, v. Ida M. MILLER, Walter H. Hoffman, and Zenza D. Hoffman et al.

Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia.

Decided June 6, 1932.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. W. Bride, R. E. Lynch, and Vernon E. West, all of Washington, D. C., for appellants.

William Cogger, of Washington, D. C., John E. Hughes, of Chicago, Ill., and Philip F. Biggins, of Washington, D. C., for appellees.

Before MARTIN, Chief Justice, and ROBB, VAN ORSDEL, HITZ, and GRONER, Associate Justices.


PER CURIAM.

This appeal is by the commissioners of the District of Columbia from a decree of the Supreme Court of the District, directing the cancellation of certain assessments for street paving levied against the properties in question, under the front foot rule, authorized by what is known as the Borland Amendments (38 Stat. 517, 524; 39 Stat. 676, 716).

We have ruled upon the validity of front foot assessments under these acts in a number of cases, holding...

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