Harris v. Barber
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OE TIIE DISTRICT OF COLIÍMBIA. This was a writ of error to reverse a judgment quashing a writ of certiorari to a justice of the peace.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OE TIIE DISTRICT OF COLIÍMBIA. This was a writ of error to reverse a judgment quashing a writ of certiorari to a justice of the peace. On December ¿L7, 1881, John H. Harris filed in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia a petition, verified by his ■ oath, and alleging “ that he is in possession of the house, and premises known as the Harris House, Nos. 1327-1329 E street northwest, in the city of "Washington, in the District of Columbia, under a lease to him from Mary A. Matteson, dated May 3,1883, and modified April 20,1885, for a term ending October 1,…
1Opinion of the Court
Me. Justioe Geat,
after stating the case as above reported, delivered the opinion of the court.
The grounds relied on in support of the motion to disiqiss this writ of error .ai’e, in substance, that the granting or refusing of a writ of certiorari "is a matter of discretion, and not the subject of review; that there is no sufficient pecuniary value in dispute to support the jurisdiction of this court; and that tbe proceedings of a justice of the peace under tbe landlord and tenant act of tbe District of Columbia cannot be' reviewed, except by appeal.
Tbe writ of error before us is not upon tbe…
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