Metropolitan Railroad v. District of Columbia
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OE THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. Assumpsit. Yerdiot for the plaintiff, and judgment on the verdict. The defendant sued out this writ of error. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Beadley
This was an action brought by the District of Columbia in November, 1880, to recover from the Metropolitan Railroad Company the sum of $161,622.52. The alleged cause of action was work done and materials furnished by the plaintiff in paving certain streets and avenues in the city of Washington at various times in the. years 1871, 1872, 1873, 1874, and 1875, upon and in consequence of the neglect of the defendant to do •said work and furnish said materials in accordance with its duty as prescribed by its charter.
The defendant was chartered by an act of Congress dated July 1, 1864, 13 Stat.…
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