Legal Opinion
Padgett v. District of Columbia
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided December 6, 1900No. 996Published
Hearing on an appeal by the petitioner from an order of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia quashing á writ of certiorari. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Alvey
This appeal is from an order of the court below, quashing a writ of certiorari, and dismissing the petition upon which the writ had been issued.
The statement of facts contained in the brief for appellee is sufficiently full and clear to present the case fairly, and we shall adopt that statement, rather than a summary of our own. That statement is as follows:
“On January 20, 1900, the appellant filed a petition in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia for a writ of certiorari to require the District of Columbia to certify to the court copies of the assessment rolls or returns of the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Flournoy v. PayneSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1872
- Ex parte PearceSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1884
- Ball v. WarrenNew York Supreme Court · 1857
- King, Carson, and King v. RentfroeTennessee Superior Court for Law and Equity · 1805