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WORMLEY v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; ALLEN v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 1901 — 181 U.S. 402 · caselaw · US
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WORMLEY v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; ALLEN v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
181 U.S. 40245 L. Ed. 921·Supreme Court of the United States·1901
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WORMLEY v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. ALLEN v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
ERROR TO THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
Nos. 101, 102.
Submitted November 12, 1900.
Decided April 29, 1901.
Parsons v. District of Columbia, 170 U. S. 45, and French v. Barber Asphalt Paving Co., ante, 324, followed.
Mr. D. W. Baker, Mr. John O. Qittings and Mr. Maloom Uufty_ for plaintiff in error.
Mr. Andrew B. Duvall and Mr. Olarenee A. Brcmdenburg for defendant in error.
[MAJORITY — Per OuriaM.]
Per OuriaM.
And now, April 29, 1901. the judgments in the foregoing cases are affirmed, with costs, on the authority of Parsons v. District of Columbia, 170 U. S. 45, and French v. Barber Asphalt Paving Co., ante, 324.