District of Columbia v. Lyon
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. This was an action of assumpsit to recover from the District of Columbia the sum of $4082.70, with interest from October 5, 1881, and was tried, by stipulation, without a jury, by the Supreme Court of the District, of Columbia in general term. Judgment was rendered in plaintiff’s favor, March 28, 1892, and thereupon this writ of error was sued out.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. This was an action of assumpsit to recover from the District of Columbia the sum of $4082.70, with interest from October 5, 1881, and was tried, by stipulation, without a jury, by the Supreme Court of the District, of Columbia in general term. Judgment was rendered in plaintiff’s favor, March 28, 1892, and thereupon this writ of error was sued out. The opinion of the court by James, J., is reported, 20 D. C. 484. Under the act of Congress of February 23, 1865, c. 48, 13 Stat. 434, the corporation of Washington had ample power and…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Fuller
The Supreme Court of the District of Columbia held that the effect of the applicable acts “ was to charge the municipality, not with a direct indebtedness for the work done under its ordinance, but with the duty to work out a payment therefor by seeing to it that the cost should be charged as a lien upon adjoining lots, and by enforcing this lien and collecting the special tax from the lot owners;” that the District “became invested with authority, and was charged with the duty, to secure such liens and collect and pay over to the contractor such taxes, in payment for work done under an…
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