District of Columbia v. Washington Gaslight Co.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Hearing on 'an appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia in an action to recover taxes alleged to have been paid under duress, the court having overruled a demurrer to the declaration and the defendant having elected to stand on its demurrer.
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Hearing on 'an appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia in an action to recover taxes alleged to have been paid under duress, the court having overruled a demurrer to the declaration and the defendant having elected to stand on its demurrer. The Court in the opinion stated the facts as follows: This is an appeal from a judgment in thé supreme court of the District, entered for the Washington Gaslight Company, plaintiff below, against the District of Columbia for the sum of $31,321.62 and interest. The action was for the recovery of money alleged…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Covington
of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, who sat with this Court in the hearing and determination of the appeal in the place of Mr. Justice Van Orsdel, delivered the opinion of the Court:
The question presented by the record is precisely the same as in the case of District of Columbia v. Georgetown Gaslight Co. ante, 63, the preceding case, and for the reasons assigned in that case the judgment is affirmed, with costs above and below.
2Cited by1 opinion
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