Coates v. District of Columbia
Coates v. District of Columbia
Opinion of the Court
delivered the opinion of the Court:
We are constrained to deny the writ of error in this case, the right to which is claimed under the 3d and 6th paragraphs, sec. 250, of the Code relating to the judiciary.
We regard the case as controlled by American Security & T. Co. v. Rudolph, 38 App. D. C. 32, 44; American Security & T. Co. v. District of Columbia, 224 U. S. 491, 56 L. ed. 856, 32 Sup. Ct. Rep. 553.
The writ of error is denied, but the plaintiff can apply to the Supreme Court of the United States in person for a writ of error if so advised, or a writ of certiorari. Denied.
The Supreme Court of the United States allowed a writ of error on May 19, 1914.
For decision of this Court on appeal from judgment on demurrer, see ante, 194.
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- Writ of Ebrob, denial of. A writ of error claimed under the Judiciary Code, see. 250, pars. 3 and 6, will he denied, where the decision denying the liability of the District of Columbia for damages caused by alleged negligence of employees of the health department did not involve the construction or application of the Constitution of the United States or the constitutionality of any law of the United States, and where the construction of any such law was not drawn in question by the defendant.