VAN ORSDEL, Associate Justice.
This appeal is from a judgment of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia denying a writ of mandamus to compel the Secretary of War to issue a permit for the construction of a wharf in the Potomac river on the Virginia shore, and within the limits of the District of Columbia. The permit was sought under the provisions of the Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act of March 3, 1899, § 10, 30 Stat. 1151 (33 USCA § 403), as...
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