Legal Opinion
Kearns v. McNeill Bros. Moving & Storage Co.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided May 27, 1986No. 84-1703PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERRY, Associate Judge:
Appellant Kearns sued appellee McNeill Brothers Moving and Storage Company, Inc. (McNeill), alleging that McNeill had negligently stored, and later converted, $37,000 worth of his property. 1 Kearns further claimed that McNeill had violated several provisions of Article 7 of the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC), D.C.Code §§ 28:7-101 through 28:7-603 (1981 & 1985 Supp.), in its enforcement of a warehouseman’s lien. In a non-jury trial, the court dismissed the complaint at the close of the plaintiff’s case on the ground (not asserted by McNeill) that Kearns had abandoned his…
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