Legal Opinion

Wright v. Mathias

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided January 14, 1957No. 1867PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

QUINN, Associate Judge.

Appellant, a re.al-estate salesman, sued defendant, a real-estate broker, for the balance due on a series of twenty-three commissions allegedly earned while in his employ. In his complaint plaintiff detailed each transaction and the sum still owing. The answer was a general denial, whereupon plaintiff, by a request for admissions, elicited information that only -eight commissions were actually disputed by defendant. In tills posture the cáse went to trial, without a jury, and plaintiff moved that the answer be stricken because the admissions showed that a general denial…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. In Re Murchison.Supreme Court of the United States · 1955
  2. Berger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
  3. Burton S. Knapp v. John P. KinseyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1956
  4. Whitaker v. McLeanCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1941
  5. Gaddis v. HongellDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1955

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Cavanagh v. CavanaghSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1977
  2. Chertkof v. Harry C. Weiskittel Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1968
  3. Haughton v. ByersDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1979
  4. Dillard v. YeldellDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1975
  5. District of Columbia v. D. E. P.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1973

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