Mattingly v. District of Columbia

The facts of this case appear in the bill, the answer, and the accompanying, exhibits. So far as it is necessary to restate them now, they are as follows: —

In the year 1871, the board of public works of the District of Columbia, a board constituted under and by virtue of the organic law of the District, caused to be constructed a sewer in and along the line of- Seventh Street, in the city of Washington, extending from Virginia Avenue to the Potomac Diver. They also caused the street and sidewalks to be paved, and. curbstones at the gutters to be set. The work had been commenced by the…