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The District of Columbia, Plaintiff in Error, v. Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington Railroad Company, 1914 — 232 U.S. 716 · caselaw · US
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The District of Columbia, Plaintiff in Error, v. Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington Railroad Company
232 U.S. 716·Supreme Court of the United States·1914
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Opinion
No. 174.
The District of Columbia, Plaintiff in Error, v. Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington Railroad Company.
In error to the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia.
Argued January 19, 1914.
Decided January 26, 1914.
Mr. F. H. Stephens and Mr. Conrad H. Syme for the plaintiff in error. Mr. Frederic D. McKenney, Mr. John Spalding Flannery and Mr. William Hitz for the defendant in error.
[MAJORITY]
Per Curiam. Dismissed for want of jurisdiction. American Security & Trust Company v. Commissioners of the District of Columbia, 224 U. S. 491. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.