Legal Opinion
Fox v. SHANNON & LUCHS COMPANY OF WASHINGTON
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided December 12, 1967No. 4058PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MYERS, Associate Judge:
The single question presented by this appeal is whether the trial court properly *61dismissed appellant’s case at pretrial because the complaint, which was in four counts, sought damages totaling $23,000.
Appellant does not contest the fact that the complaint claimed damages in excess of the $10,000 jurisdictional limit of the District of Columbia Court of General Sessions,1 but contends that when the case came on for pretrial, after the statute of limitations had run, the pretrial judge should have allowed her to amend her pleading nunc pro tunc so as to confer…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Equitable Life Assur. Soc. v. WertCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1939
- Gray v. BlightCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1940
- Le John Mfg. Co. v. WebbDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1952
- Reeves v. Yale Transport CorporationDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1957
3Cited by4 opinions
- Simons v. Federal Bar Building CorporationDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1971
- Phyllis Taylor v. Peter BeckasCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1970
- District of Columbia v. Diener's Linoleum and Tile Co.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1971
- Fox v. SHANNON & LUCHS COMPANY OF WASHINGTONDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1967