Supreme Court of the United States, 1886

Donnelly v. District of Columbia

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided December 13, 1886 · Waite

119 U.S. 339; 7 S. Ct. 276; 30 L. Ed. 465; 1886 U.S. LEXIS 1994 (United States Reports)

Counsel

Mr. 'V. B. Edwards for appellant., Mr. Assistant Attorney General Maury for appellee.

Cases that cite this one

3 later published cases cite this decision.

Plitt v. Stonebraker (D.C. Cir. 1952)
General American Tank Car Corp. v. Goree (4th Cir. 1924)
Alexander-Seewald Co. v. Questa (Ga. Ct. App. 1970)

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Opinion

*341 TVE?.. Chief Justice Waite

delivered the opinion of the court.

The judgment in this case is affirmed on the authority of Looney v. The District of Columbia, 113 U. S. 258. It having been found as a fact by the court below that no mistake had been made in reducing the contract to writing, no' questions are presented in this court on that branch of the case.

Affirmed:

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