Legal Opinion

Globe Furniture Co. v. Wright

District Court, District of Columbia

Decided April 5, 1920No. 3281PublishedCited by 13 opinions

Appeal from the Supreme'Court of the District of Columbia. Action by Charles T. Wright against the Globe Furniture Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.

1Opinion of the Court

SMYTH, Chief Justice.

From a judgment in favor of Wright, who was the plaintiff below, the Globe Furniture Company, a corporation, prosecutes this appeal.

The company is engaged in the business of selling furniture on what is known as the installment plan. On that plan it sold some furniture to Wright. The collector of the company called upon him to collect one of the installments. A dispute arose with respect to the amount due. The collector, upon looking over Wright’s receipts, came to the conclusion that some of them had been changed by raising the amount;: for which they had been given.…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Gambrill v. SchooleyCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1901
  2. Nichols v. EatonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1900
  3. Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. JonesCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1916
  4. Owen v. J. S. Ogilvie Publishing Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898
  5. Phillips v. BradshawSupreme Court of Alabama · 1910

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Rickbeil v. Grafton Deaconess HospitalNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1946
  2. Elliott v. Healthcare Corp.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1993
  3. Freeman v. Dayton Scale Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1929
  4. Chalkley v. Atlantic Coast Line RailroadSupreme Court of Virginia · 1928
  5. Woods v. HelmiCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1988

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