Parsons v. District of Columbia
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE COURT OE APPEALS OE THE DISTRICT OE COLUMBIA.. On October 5, 1895, Hosmer B._ Parsons, the plaintiff in error, filed in the Supreme-Cour-t ef-ihe District .of Columbia'' his'petition against the District of Columbia and John "W. Boss, Charles F. Powell and George Truesdell, Commissioners ■ ©f the District, complaining, as illegal, of a certain charge or special assessment against land belonging to the petitioner, as a water-main tax, or assessment, for laying a…
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ERROR TO THE COURT OE APPEALS OE THE DISTRICT OE COLUMBIA.. On October 5, 1895, Hosmer B._ Parsons, the plaintiff in error, filed in the Supreme-Cour-t ef-ihe District .of Columbia'' his'petition against the District of Columbia and John "W. Boss, Charles F. Powell and George Truesdell, Commissioners ■ ©f the District, complaining, as illegal, of a certain charge or special assessment against land belonging to the petitioner, as a water-main tax, or assessment, for laying a water main in the street on which said land abuts. The petition avers that the charge or assessment in question was made…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shiras
The defendants in error have moved to dismiss the writ of error, because the sum or value of the matter in dispute is less than five thousand dollars, and -because the judgment of the.. court below does hot involve the validity of a statute of the •United States or of an authority exercised under the United. States.
It is true that the amount or value of the matter in dispute is not sufficient to enable this court to exercise its revisory power over the judgment, of the Court of' Appeals, but we think it plainly appears that the validity of statutes of the United States and of an authority…
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