District of Columbia v. Mattingly
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
HbariNG on an appeal by the respondent, the District of Columbia, from a judgment of the- Supreme Court of the District of Columbia quashing a tax assessment upon a writ of certiorari. The Court in the opinion stated the facts as follows: This is an appeal from the supreme court of the District of Columbia, and involves the construction of the act of March 1, 1899 (30 Stat. atL. 923, chap. 323). The question was before the court below on certiorari.
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HbariNG on an appeal by the respondent, the District of Columbia, from a judgment of the- Supreme Court of the District of Columbia quashing a tax assessment upon a writ of certiorari. The Court in the opinion stated the facts as follows: This is an appeal from the supreme court of the District of Columbia, and involves the construction of the act of March 1, 1899 (30 Stat. atL. 923, chap. 323). The question was before the court below on certiorari. The appellee, as petitioner, filed a petition on the law side of the supreme court of the District of Columbia for a writ of certiorari to quash…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Kobe
The first three sections of the act of March 1, 1899 (30 Stat. at L. 923, chap. 323, contain all of said act that is material to the issue in this case, and read as follows:
“Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That if, in the District of Columbia, any building, or part of a building, staging, or other structure, or anything attached to or connected with any building or other structure, shall, from any cause, be reported unsafe, the inspector of buildings shall examine such structure, and if, in his opinion, the same…
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