Baltimore & Potomac Railroad v. Hopkins
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. This was an action on the case brought by Hopkins in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia against the Balti more and Potomac Eailroad Company for. injuries alleged by him to have resulted from a nuisance, maintained by the railroad company on the public street in front of his door, from the_5th-day of October, 1880, to the -5th day of October, 1883, the date of the commencement of the suit, consisting in…
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. This was an action on the case brought by Hopkins in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia against the Balti more and Potomac Eailroad Company for. injuries alleged by him to have resulted from a nuisance, maintained by the railroad company on the public street in front of his door, from the_5th-day of October, 1880, to the -5th day of October, 1883, the date of the commencement of the suit, consisting in suffering great numbers of freight cars to remain on said street for an unreasonable length of time; • in’ shifting cars back…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Fuller
' Appellate jurisdiction was conferred on this court by the 25th section of the Judiciary Act of 1789, over final judgments and decrees in any suit in the highest court of law or equity of a State in which a decision in the suit could be had, in three classes of cases: First, where is drawn in question the validity of a treaty or statute of, or an authority exercised under, the United States, and the decision is against their validity; secondly, where is drawn in question the validity of a statute of, or an authority exercised under, any State, on the ground of their being repugnant to the…
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