Winslow v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
HeaeiNG on an appeal by property owners from a judgment of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, sitting as a District Court of the United States, in a proceeding by a railroad company to condemn land for railroad purposes, and on a motion to dismiss the appeal. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion,
1Opinion of the Court
Hr. Justice McComas
delivered the opinion of the Court:
This case has had careful consideration, upon a motion to dismiss the appeal upon its merits, and again upon a motion for a rehearing. This is an appeal from a final order of the supreme court of the District of Columbia, holding a district court of the United States, in a proceeding in condemnation instituted in that court by the Baltimore & Ohio liailroad Company, the appellee, the instrument of appropriation filed in said district court having for its object the acquisition, by condemnation, to its use, of a part of a tract of land in…
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