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Washington Gas Light Company et al., Appellants and Plaintiffs in Error, v. Henry B. F. Macfarland et al., Commissioners of the District of Columbia, 1909 — 215 U.S. 614 · caselaw · US
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Washington Gas Light Company et al., Appellants and Plaintiffs in Error, v. Henry B. F. Macfarland et al., Commissioners of the District of Columbia
215 U.S. 614·Supreme Court of the United States·1909
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Opinion
No. 84.
Washington Gas Light Company et al., Appellants and Plaintiffs in Error, v. Henry B. F. Macfarland et al., Commissioners of the District of Columbia.
November 1, 1909.
Mr. B. Boss Perry, Mr. B. Boss Perry, Jr., and Mr. Wilton J. Lamr bert for appellants and plaintiffs in error. Mr. Edward H. Thomas for appellees and defendants in error.
[MAJORITY]
Appeal from and in error to the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia.
Dismissed with costs, on motion of counsel for appellants and plaintiffs in error.