Harris v. District of Columbia
Supreme Court of the United States
ON CERTIFICATE FROM THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. • The case is stated in the opinion. Weighlman v. Corporation of Washington, 1 Black, 39; Barnes v. District of Columbia, 91 U. S. 540; District of Columbia v. Woodbury, 136 U. S..450; Quill v. New York, 36 App. Div. 476; Missano v. The Mayor, 160 N. Y. 126; Barney Dumping-Boat Co. v. The Mayor, 40 Fed. Rep. 50; Young v. Metropolitan .Street Ry. Co., 126 Mo. App? 2; Denver v. Porter, 126 Fed.
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ON CERTIFICATE FROM THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. • The case is stated in the opinion. Weighlman v. Corporation of Washington, 1 Black, 39; Barnes v. District of Columbia, 91 U. S. 540; District of Columbia v. Woodbury, 136 U. S..450; Quill v. New York, 36 App. Div. 476; Missano v. The Mayor, 160 N. Y. 126; Barney Dumping-Boat Co. v. The Mayor, 40 Fed. Rep. 50; Young v. Metropolitan .Street Ry. Co., 126 Mo. App? 2; Denver v. Porter, 126 Fed. Rep. 288; Pass Christian v. Fernandez, 100 Mississippi, 76; Ostrom v. San Antonio, 94 Texas, 525; Denver v. Davis, 37 Colorado, 370;…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McReynolds
delivered the opinion of the court.. The Court of Appeals, District of CQkunbia, has certified * the following question (Jud. Code* § 251):
“Is the sprinkling of the streets to keep down dust for the purpose of the comfort arid health of the general public, a public or governmental act as contradistinguished from a private or municipal act, which exempts the District of Columbia from liability for the injuries caused by one of its employees engaged therein? ”
In order to prepare the streets of Washington for sweeping, it was the practice to sprinkle them from portable tanks. While filling one…
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