Smoot v. Heyl
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL PROM THE COURT' OF APPEALS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. The facts, which involve the jurisdiction of this court to review judgments of the Court of Appeals The building regulations extend to all lands within the District of Columbia. Act of June 14, 1878, 20 Stat., p: 131. The regulation is constitutional and valid.
Read the full summary
APPEAL PROM THE COURT' OF APPEALS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. The facts, which involve the jurisdiction of this court to review judgments of the Court of Appeals The building regulations extend to all lands within the District of Columbia. Act of June 14, 1878, 20 Stat., p: 131. The regulation is constitutional and valid. For cases sustaining the constitutionality of party wall and line fence statutes and regulations in- various States of the Union, see Moore v. Levert, 24 Alabama, 310; Mead v. Watson, 57 California, 591; Maudlin v. Hanscombe, 12 Colorado, 204; Wright v. Wright, 21…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hughes
The appellant is the owner of a lot of land on the north side of Wyoming Avenue, between Twentieth and Twenty-first Streets, northwest, in the.District of Columbia. The appellees own the adjoining lot on the west. The appel lant constructed on his lot a brick dwelling, the front of which was placed forty feet from the avenue. He located the main west wail of the dwelling about three, feet inside of the line of.his lot. This wall was about forty feet long and three stories high. About five feet back of the front end of this wall the appellant projected a semi-hexagonal bay-window, the west…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Penn Mutual Life Insurance v. AustinSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
- New Mexico Ex Rel. E. J. McLean & Co. v. Denver & Rio Grande RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
- Horner v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- United States Ex Rel. Steinmetz v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
- Baltimore & Potomac Railroad v. HopkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
3Cited by10 opinions
- Key v. DoyleSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Heald v. District of ColumbiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1920
- State v. GoodsonSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1954
- Walker v. GishSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- A. L. Wheeler v. Helen Leary McCauleyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1960
5 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.