Capital Traction Co. v. Hof
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. The case is stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gray
On September 8, 1896, the Capital Traction Company, a street railway corporation in the District of Columbia, presented to the Supreme Court of the District a petition for a writ of certiorari to a justice of the peace to prevent a civil' *3action to recover damages in the sum of $300 from being tried by a jury before him.
The petition for a writ of certiorari alleged that Charles Hof, on August 11, 1896, caused a summons to be issued by Lewis I. O’Neal, Esquire, one of the justices of the peace in and for the District of Columbia, summoning the Capital Traction Company to appear before him on…
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