Chevy Chase Sanatorium v. District of Columbia
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
In error to the Police Court of the District of Columbia. The Court in the opinion stated the facts as follows: This case comes hero on writ of error to the police court of the District of Columbia, and really involves the action of the Commissioners of the District in revoking the license of the plaintiff in error to conduct a private hospital.
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In error to the Police Court of the District of Columbia. The Court in the opinion stated the facts as follows: This case comes hero on writ of error to the police court of the District of Columbia, and really involves the action of the Commissioners of the District in revoking the license of the plaintiff in error to conduct a private hospital. The Act of April 20, 1908 (35 Stat. at L. 64, chap. 148), provides that no person shall establish or maintain in the District of Columbia any private hospital or asylum, either for human beings or domestic animals, “unless or until licensed by the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Robb
The notice served upon the Sanatorium by the Commission*566ers, requiring it to show cause why its license should not be revoked, does not charge misrepresentation or bad faith, on its part in obtaining a license, nor does it charge 'a violation of any of the many regulations governing the conduct of such an institution. It was charged with being “a nuisance to the neighborhood and in violation of section 13 of the regulations governing the establishment and maintenance of private hospitals and asylums, and that its maintenance is a menace to the life and health of the residents of the Chevy…
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