Legal Opinion
Biggs v. Stewart
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided August 19, 1980No. 79-644PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Per curiam
Appellants James R. Biggs, Phyllis M. Wilson, and their assignee, Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company (“Commonwealth”), appeal a June 13, 1979 contempt ruling and order directing payment of $7,426 in attorney’s fees and fines to Clement Theodore Cooper, counsel for appellees Doris Leola Stewart and Harvey Lee Stewart. We reverse.
The pertinent facts are that on June 8, 1966, the Stewarts executed a promissory note for $7,000, secured by a deed of trust on their residential property in Northwest Washington. After several negotiations, the note came into the possession of appellants Biggs…
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- Wisconsin Avenue Associates, Inc. v. 2720 Wisconsin Avenue Cooperative Ass'nDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1978
- Biggs v. StewartDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1976
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