Legal Opinion
Flax v. Monticello Realty Co.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided September 11, 1946No. Record No. 3100PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBrowning, J.
This is an action in detinue to recover one pear-shaped diamond brooch or its alternate value of $3,750.00. The parties will be referred to in their proper names or as they were related in the trial court, that is, plaintiff and defendant.
The plaintiff, Jake Flax, came to Norfolk, Virginia, to testify for his' friend, W. S. Wilder, who had a tax claim case pending in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. Wilder and his witnesses were operatives or interested in the moving picture industry.
Flax .occupied over night a room in the Monticello Hotel of which Col.…
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