Wright v. Mathias
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
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…
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