# Brown v. Finley

> District of Columbia Court of Appeals · July 1, 1881 · 10 D.C. 77

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/7376717

## Case

- **Full name:** THOMAS A. BROWN v. FRANK H. FINLEY AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
- **Court:** District of Columbia Court of Appeals
- **Decided:** July 1, 1881
- **Citations:** 10 D.C. 77
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion of the court by Wylie
- **Judges:** Cartter, Wylie
- **Cited by:** 0 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

Wylie, J.,
in addition to this.principle, was of opinion that the answer of the Commissioners was a full defense to the attachment, and that there should for that reason be no judgment of condemnation against the District.
Cartter, Ch. J., dissented.

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