Gotwals v. Miller

This appeal is by the commissioners of the District of Columbia from a decree of the Supreme Court of the District, directing the cancellation of certain assessments for street paving levied against the properties in question, under the front foot rule, authorized by what is known as the Borland Amendments (38 Stat. 517, 524; 39 Stat. 676, 716).

We have ruled upon the validity of front foot assessments under those acts in a number of eases, holding that the assessments were void because of inequality and discrimination. Johnson v. Rudolph et al., 57 App. D. C. 29, 16 F.(2d) 525; Dougherty et…