Chesapeake Beach Railway Co. v. Washington, Potomac & Chesapeake Railroad
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holmes
This is an action of ejectment in which the defendant in error, the original plaintiff, recovered judgment for the land in suit in the Supreme Court of the District. The judgment was affirmed by the Court of Appeals, 23 App. D. C. 587, and the case was brought here.
There was a motion to. dismiss upon the ground that it affirmatively appears from the record that the matter in dispute, exclusive of costs, does not exceed the sum of five thousand dollars. But the reasonable inference from the record is the other way, Harris v. Barber, 129 U. S. 366, and affidavits are submitted which sustain the…
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