Supreme Court of the United States February 11, 1901, Nos. 13 & 14, Original (In Re District of Columbia, No. 1)

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¥r. Chief Justice Fullee

delivered .the opinion of the court.

These are petitions for mandamus. . The petition in No. 13 sets forth in substance that the Court of Claims rendered judgment in favor of Thomas Kirby and against the District, J une 10, 1895,.due and payable as of January 1, 1876, under the provisions of two acts of Congress, of June 16, 1880, 21 Stat. 284, c.