Supreme Court of the United States April 1, 1889, 182 (District of Columbia v. Gannon)

Mr. Chiee Justice Fuller

delivered the opinion of the court.

The defendant in error recovered judgment in the Supreme Court of. the District of Columbia, against the District, for five thousand dollars, in an action on the case for personal injuries, on the 17th day of January, 1885, which judgment was affirmed in general term on the 28th of May succeeding, and the cause brought here on writ of