Legal Opinion
Mike J. Morfessis v. Norman Baum and Lois Schenk
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided September 19, 1960No. 15528_1PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FAHY, Circuit Judge.
The District Court on motion of defendants struck a complaint1 because not filed within one year of accrual of the alleged cause of action. Plaintiff appeals. The question is whether the complaint states a case of malicious prosecution. If so, it is subject to the one-year statute of limitations prescribed by 12 D.C.Code § 201 (1951), reading as follows:
“No action shall be brought * * for any statutory penalty or forfeiture, or for libel, slander, assault, battery, mayhem, wounding, malicious prosecution, false arrest, or false imprisonment after one year from the time…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Melvin v. PenceCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1942
- Hall v. Hollywood Credit Clothing CompanyDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1959
- Soffos v. EatonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1945
- W. B. Moses & Sons v. LockwoodDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1924
- Nolan v. Allstate Home Equipment Co.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1959
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3Cited by20 opinions
- Jerry W. Canterbury v. William Thornton Spence and the Washington Hospital Center, a Body CorporateCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1972
- Bown v. HamiltonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1992
- Reverend W. Eugene Scott, Phd. v. Joel RosenbergCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1983
- Saunders v. NematiDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1990
- Kelton v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1980
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