Legal Opinion

Barclay, Inc. v. Maxfield

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided August 14, 1946No. 389PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HOOD, Associate Judge.

Plaintiff became a tenant in defendant’s apartment house on November 1, 1941. In the early part of 1943, he placed in a storage room in the basement of the apartment house a box containing certain wearing apparel. Approximately eighteen months after putting the box in storage the tenant asked for the return of the box, examined its contents and found them intact, and then returned the box to the storage room. On or about October 1, 1945, the tenant again asked for the box bu't, although a diligent search of the storage room was made, the box could not be found. The…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Commercial Molasses Corp. v. New York Tank Barge Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
  2. Weaver v. Palmer Brothers Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
  3. National Bank v. GrahamSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
  4. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. Thompson Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
  5. Preston v. PratherSupreme Court of the United States · 1891

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Shea v. FridleyDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1956
  2. Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. Hillow ex rel. American Automobile Ins. Co.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1949
  3. National Mortgage & Inv. Corp. v. ShulmanDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1954
  4. Bernstein v. NobleDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1985
  5. Columbia Operating Corp. v. KettlerDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1949

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