Bradfield v. Roberts
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. This was a suit in equity, brought by the appellant to enjoin the defendant from paying any moneys to the directors of Providence Hospital in the city of Washington, under an agreement entered into between the Commissioners of the District of Columbia and the' directors of the hospital, by virtue of the authority of an act of Congress, because of the alleged invalidity of the agreement for the reasons stated in…
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APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. This was a suit in equity, brought by the appellant to enjoin the defendant from paying any moneys to the directors of Providence Hospital in the city of Washington, under an agreement entered into between the Commissioners of the District of Columbia and the' directors of the hospital, by virtue of the authority of an act of Congress, because of the alleged invalidity of the agreement for the reasons stated in the bill of complaint: In that bill complainant represents that he is a citizen and taxpayer of the United States and a…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Peckham
Passing the various objections made to the maintenance of this suit on account of an alleged defect of párties, and also in regard to the character in which the' complainant sues, merely that of a citizen and taxpayer of the United States and a resident of the District of Columbia, we come to the main question as to the validity of the agreement between the Commissioners of the District and the directors of the hospital, founded upon the appropriation contained in the act of Congress, the contention being that the agreement-if carried out would result in an appropriation by Congress of money…
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