Legal Opinion
Weinstein v. Ajax Distributing Company
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided August 26, 1955No. 1661PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CAYTON, Chief Judge.
This appeal is from an order quashing service of process and vacating a default judgment. Appellants Weinstein had sued Ajax Distributing Company, a New Jersey corporation, charging that they had been induced by fraudulent misrepresentations to sign a contract and put up a deposit for the purchase of certain vending machines. The complaint which was filed in January 1955 demanded return of the deposit and also punitive damages. Service was made on Donald Chapman, as agent of defendant company on March 7, and though copies of the complaint and summons were in the hands of…
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