Spalding v. Vilas
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harlan
This writ of error brings up for review a judgment of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia in general term, which affirmed a final order in the same.court in special term, sustaining a demurrer to the declaration filed by the plaintiff in error Spalding against- the defendant Tilas, and dismissing the plaintiff’s action.
The question presented for determination is whether the plaintiff’s declaration stated a valid cause of action against the defendant.
The plaintiff alleged that he was a citizen of the District of Columbia, and had been for more than twenty years an attorney-at-law,…
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