273 F. 366 | D.D.C. | 1921
Appeal from a judgment for the plaintiff, appellee here, in the Supreme Court of the District, in a suit to recover compensation for the use of a party wall.
“Tlie court charged the jury in accordance with the opinion of the Court of Appeals in the case of Genevieve K. Gish v. Ernest G. Walker, 48 App. D. C. 42, namely, that the jury should determine whether there had been a. use of the party wall by the defendant, and, if they determined that issue in the affirmative, that they should then ascertain the reasonable value of such part of the party wall as was used; that, if they found that the party wall was not used, their verdict should be for the defendant.”
The former decision has become the settled law of the case, “not only for the trial court, but for this court also.” Warner v. Grayson, 24 App. D. C. 55, 57; Thompson v. Maxwell Land-Grant Co., 168 U. S. 451, 18 Sup. Ct. 121, 42 L. Ed. 539.
We are not disposed to disturb the rule that has been in force in this District for almost 30 years, and, there being no reservation in appellant’s deed, it follows that the judgment must be affirmed, with costs.
Affirmed.