District of Columbia Court of Appeals January 15, 1874, No. 9239 (Barnes v. District of Columbia)

Mr. Justice Olin

delivered the opinion of the court:

This case comes before us upon a bill of exceptions taken to the rulings of Chief-Justice Gartter, who presided at the trial.

The following are all the facts in the case appearing on the trial necessary to be recited to raise the question of law which I think decisive of the case.