Evening star., 1913-12-03
CORPORATION COUNSEL.

- tha Sunreme Court of the United
States the case against James Fet,s anu
his surety was decided adversely 10 .ne
District OF Columbia The court heiu .ha'
the funds in that case were not the prop
erty of the District of Columbia anu
Petty's bond was not liable therefor.
In the case of Lynchburg Investment
Company agt. District OF Coiuinpia .ne
Court of Appeals held that the pupilea-
tions in street extension Eases and
roneous and set aside assessments anu
awards A writ of error TO the Supreiiie
Court of the United states was optalneo.
and the case is now pendlns theIe, ~
Court of Appeals also held thdl the -.
recurring railroads TO pay for the hsh'ii 8
of tho streets through which their tracks
were laid is no longer apphcaoie oeeause t :
of the abolition of grade crosslnss ~ S
nistrict This case is also IN tue Su
nreme Court of the United Sta.es upoi, s,
writ of error granted py the Shie
of that court =; tba
Twenty-three cases were arsued III 'he
Court of Appeals. In the supreme ooui : :
of the District of Columbia tIir.s
equity suits were disposed OF anu S seN1 80
four law six street extension cases w w
FINISHED and seven are now pehu,hS
Twentv-one cases, for the opening Mlue
ing and extension OF aiiess anu i.i ,,
streets were fled six OF Whlch weIe S;l
frmed ten are pending and Iive Were u n
,,a;ssod Nine cases were filed in the gu
nreme Court for the recovery from
tates of lunatics of moneys speI, ioi - -.
care and treatment. three OF which 49,
successful and six OF which are pehuiiis,
Eight certiorari and appeal cases were
taken from the Municipal Court 70 the
Sunreme Court of the District or Coluiii-
bia Two bankruptcy cases We're lrieu,
one of which was settled and the other -
suceessfully defended. Three hundred
and ninety-six lunacy cases were trleu
and disposed of. one case was tried III
the District Court under the law reiataHs
to the condemnation of insanitary puliu-
ingS.
Municipal Court.
In the Municipal Cour, thirty lone
cases were filed. judgments being IA
yorable in seven. five were adverse. III
eight judgments were consented to, one
was taken by certiorari TO the supreme
Court and ten are still pending. In the
Police Court 2,6s3 informations We're
filed, and fines collected agSreSatlng
s7O,796.S6 In the Juvenile Court 2,.o5
informations We're prepared anu nieo
against minors and 12l against duuils
Fines to the amount OF S1,6l6, ana non.
support money amounting TO s4b,to4
were collected in this court. Fourteen
bills were revised or drafted: Ninety
eight damage claims passed through
the office Two hundred and eighty
eight written opinions were rendered
for the Commissioners and nineteen
for the public utilities commission \
great many oral opinions were rendered
to the heads of the various depart.
ments of the District government OF
which no account was kept. There
were prepared 276 tax deeds 10 prop
erty sold for delinquent taxes. There
was a very substantial increase In the
volume of business handled by the cor
poration counsers office, and every in
dication OF further increase during
the ensuing year. The additional duties
imposed upon the office by the act ere
ating the public utilities commission
has already greatly increased the work
OF the office, and this increase Will
doubtless continue.