Barnes v. District of Columbia
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. This is an action to recover damages for a personal injury received by the plaintiff on the 14th of October, 1871, in consequence of the defective condition of one of the streets of the city of Washington.
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Error to the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. This is an action to recover damages for a personal injury received by the plaintiff on the 14th of October, 1871, in consequence of the defective condition of one of the streets of the city of Washington. The accident occurred on K Street east, and arose from the construction of the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad through that street. ' The road was built by permission of the corporation, and authority was given to the. company to change the grade of the streets according to a plan filed. In making this change, a deep pit' or excavation…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hunt
The municipal corporation, “ The District of Columbia,” was organized under the act of .Congress of Feb. 21,1871. 16 Stat. 419.
The first section of the act creates, a municipal corporation by the name of “ The District of Columbia,” with power to sue, be sued, contract, have a seal, and “ exercise all other powers of a municipal corporation, not inconsistent with the laws and constitution of the United States and the provisions of this act.”'
By sect. 2 the executive power is vested in a governor, to be appointed by the President, with the consent of the Senate, and to hold his office for four…
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