WASHINGTON MARKET COMPANY
v.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

U.S. | 1890-10-27
No. 10
137 U.S. 62 Supreme Court of the United States (1890) Positive Treatment
Also reported at: 34 L. Ed. 572 · 11 S. Ct. 4 · 1890 U.S. LEXIS 2066 · SCDB 1890-011
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Per_curiam
Per Curiam:

Per Curiam:

This is an appeal from the decree of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia dismissing the bill of complaint filed by appellant therein, the object of the bill having been to restrain the defendants from selling, or attempting to sell, certain property of complainant, on account of certain assessments for street improvements, and also to cancel and annul two tax lien certificates therein named,; and counsel for appellant having stated in open court that such assessments and lien certificates have been, pending this appeal, quashed and annulled at law by the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, and that only the disposition of costs is involved herein, it is ordered that said appeal be

Mr. William Birney for appellant.

Mr. George G. Hazelton and Mr. S. T. Thomas for appellee.

Dismissed without costs to either party.

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  • Mills v. Green, 159 U.S. 651 (U.S. 1895)
    …reet improvements, and to cancel tax lien certificates, the assessments and certificates were quashed and annulled by a judgment in another suit, the appeal was dismissed, without costs to either party. Washington Market Co. v. District of Columbia, 137 U. S. 62. Where, pending a writ of error 'in an action which did not survive by law, the plaintiff died, the writ of error was abated. Martin v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, 151 U. S. 673. In the great case of The State of Pennsylvania v. The Wheeling and Be…
  • Edgar v. Mite Corp., 457 U.S. 624 (U.S. 1982)
    …s for challenging the validity of an injunction, the possibility of such recovery is not sufficient to keep a case alive. If it were, then almost no case challenging an injunction could become moot. See Washington Market Co. v. District of Columbia, 137 U. S. 62 (1890) (court costs); Hernandez v. European Auto Collision, Inc., 487 F. 2d 378, 387 (CA2 1973) (nominal damages); Kerrigan v. Boucher, 450 F. 2d 487 (CA2 1971) (nominal damages). Cf. Steffel v. Thompson, 415 U. S. 452, 462 (1974) (federal-court in…
  • S. Spring Hill Gold Mining Co. v. Amador Medean Gold Mining Co., 145 U.S. 300 (U.S. 1892)
    …and the case therefore falls within the rule applied where the contfoversy is not a real one. Wood-paper Company v. Heft, 8 Wall. 333; Cleveland v. Chamberlain, 1 Black, 419; Lord v. Veazie, 8 How. 251; Washington Market Co. v. District of Columbia, 137 U. S. 62. If the writ of error-be dismissed the judgment, will remain, undisturbed, and the plaintiff in error might be cut off from [*302] submitting the questions involved to the determination of the appellate tribunal; while if the judgment be reversed t…

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