Carr v. Washington & Old Dominion Railway
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Hearing on an appeal by tbe defendants from a decree of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, enjoining the Excise Board from granting liquor licenses to its co-defendants. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stafford
of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, who sat with the court in the hearing and determination of the appeal in the place of Mr. Chief Justice Sinopard, delivered the opinion of the Court:
This was a bill in equity brought by the plaintiff company, the Washington & Old Dominion Railway, against the members of the excise board of the District of Columbia, to secure an injunction restraining the defendants from granting a license to Patrick F. Carr and James W. Wardell to conduct barrooms on their respective premises. Carr and Wardell have been admitted as'intervening defendants. A…
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- In Re DebsSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Rice v. RuddimanMichigan Supreme Court · 1862
- Board of Supervisors v. KeadyIllinois Supreme Court · 1864
- City of Davenport v. D. & St. P. R.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1873
- Leyner v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1857
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