Goszler v. Corporation of Georgetown

This is an appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of the United States for the county of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on the following case:

In the year 1797, the Legislature of Maryland, among certain additional powers given to the Corporation of Georgetown, enacted, that they “ shall have full power and authority to make such by-laws and ordinances for the graduation and- levelling of the streets, lanes and alleys within the jurisdiction of the same town, as they may judge necessary for the benefit thereof.” — Act of Nov. 1797, c., 56. s. vi. p. 35.

In pursuance of this…