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Washington Market Company v. District of Columbia

U.S.
Oct 27, 1890
137 U.S. 62 (1890)

Summary

In Washington Market Co. v. D.C., 137 U.S. 62, 11 S.Ct. 4, 34 L.Ed. 572, suit was brought to restrain the sale of property for a street assessment and to cancel certain tax lien certificates.

Summary of this case from Montgomery County v. Maryland-Washington Metropolitan District

Opinion

APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

No. 10.

Submitted October 21, 1890. Decided October 27, 1890.

The court dismisses without costs to either party an appeal, the subject matter of which has been settled elsewhere, leaving only the disposition of costs involved.

Mr. William Birney for appellant.

Mr. George C. Hazelton and Mr. S.T. Thomas for appellee.


IN EQUITY. The case is stated in the opinion.


This is an appeal from the decree of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia dismissing the bill of complaint filed by appellant therein, the object of the bill having been to restrain the defendants from selling, or attempting to sell, certain property of complainant, on account of certain assessments for street improvements, and also to cancel and annul two tax lien certificates therein named; and counsel for appellant having stated in open court that such assessments and lien certificates have been, pending this appeal, quashed and annulled at law by the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, and that only the disposition of costs is involved herein, it is ordered that said appeal be

Dismissed without costs to either party.


Summaries of

Washington Market Company v. District of Columbia

U.S.
Oct 27, 1890
137 U.S. 62 (1890)

In Washington Market Co. v. D.C., 137 U.S. 62, 11 S.Ct. 4, 34 L.Ed. 572, suit was brought to restrain the sale of property for a street assessment and to cancel certain tax lien certificates.

Summary of this case from Montgomery County v. Maryland-Washington Metropolitan District
Case details for

Washington Market Company v. District of Columbia

Case Details

Full title:WASHINGTON MARKET COMPANY v . DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Court:U.S.

Date published: Oct 27, 1890

Citations

137 U.S. 62 (1890)
11 S. Ct. 4

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