Case Name: COATES v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Court: District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: District of Columbia
Decision Date: 1914-05-06
Citations: 42 App. D.C. 307
Docket Number: No. 2630
Parties: COATES v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia
Volume: 42
Pages: 307–308

Head Matter:
COATES v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
Writ of Ebrob, denial of.
A writ of error claimed under the Judiciary Code, see. 250, pars. 3 and 6, will he denied, where the decision denying the liability of the District of Columbia for damages caused by alleged negligence of employees of the health department did not involve the construction or application of the Constitution of the United States or the constitutionality of any law of the United States, and where the construction of any such law was not drawn in question by the defendant.
No. 2630.
Petition for writ of error submitted May 4, 1914.
Decided May 6, 1914.
Petition for writ of error to review a decision denying liability of the District of Columbia to damages for alleged negligence of employees of the health department.
Denied.
Mr. F. P. B. Sands for appellant.
Messrs. Conrad H. Syme and B. L. Williams for appellee.

Opinion:
Mr. Chief Justice Shepard
delivered the opinion of the Court:
We are constrained to deny the writ of error in this case, the right to which is claimed under the 3d and 6th paragraphs, sec. 250, of the Code relating to the judiciary.
The ease was determined upon two propositions, neither of which involved the .construction or application of the Constitution of the United States, or the constitutionality of any law of the United States; nor was the construction of any law. of the United States drawn in question by the defendant.
We regard the case as controlled by American Security & T. Co. v. Rudolph, 38 App. D. C. 32, 44; American Security & T. Co. v. District of Columbia, 224 U. S. 491, 56 L. ed. 856, 32 Sup. Ct. Rep. 553.
The writ of error is denied, but the plaintiff can apply to the Supreme Court of the United States in person for a writ of error if so advised, or a writ of certiorari. Denied.
The Supreme Court of the United States allowed a writ of error on May 19, 1914.
For decision of this Court on appeal from judgment on demurrer, see ante, 194.