Wight v. Davidson
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. Congress, by an act approved March 3, 1899, entitled “An act to extend S street in the.
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APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. Congress, by an act approved March 3, 1899, entitled “An act to extend S street in the. District of Columbia, and for other purposes,” 30 Stat. 1344, c. 431, enacted as follows: “ Section 1. That within thirty days from the passage of this act the Commissioners of the District of Columbia be and they are hereby authorized and directed to institute by a petition in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, sitting as a District Court, a proceeding to condemn the land necessary to open and extend S, Twenty-second and Decatur…
1Opinion of the Court
MR. Justice Shiras,
after stating the case, delivered .the opinion of the court.
This is an appeal from a decree of the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia reversing an order or decree of the Supreme Court of the District confirming an assessment upon lands of the appellees for alleged benefits accruing from the opening of certain streets adjoining such lands, and presents for determination the constitutionality of an act of Congress, approved March 3, 1899, under which the assessment complained of was made.
*377It may well be doubted whether the appellees are in a position to question the…
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