District of Columbia v. Brooke
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE COURT OP APPEALS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. This writ was issued to review a judgment of the Court of Appeals', affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, quashing and vacating certain proceedings taken for the assessment of a drainage tax -upon the property of defendant in error under the authority of an act of Congress of May 19, 1896, “An act to provide for the drainage of lots in the District of Columbia.” 29 Stat. 125, c. 206, May 19, 1896. The act…
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ERROR TO THE COURT OP APPEALS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. This writ was issued to review a judgment of the Court of Appeals', affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, quashing and vacating certain proceedings taken for the assessment of a drainage tax -upon the property of defendant in error under the authority of an act of Congress of May 19, 1896, “An act to provide for the drainage of lots in the District of Columbia.” 29 Stat. 125, c. 206, May 19, 1896. The act provides (1) that each original lot or subdivisional lot in the District of Columbia; where there is a public sewer, shall be…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McKenna
Defendant in error, to sustain her contention that the. record does not show notice to her of the proposed work, says that it shows only that a “parcel” was mailed to her, not a letter, and that the contents of the parcel are not disclosed. To the extreme technicality of this contention the Court of Appeals answered that no objection was made to the return, and that it averred that the officers and agents of the District made diligent search for defendant in error in the District, and that she could not be found there, and that plaintiff in error believed that she was a citizen and resident…
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