Legal Opinion
McCray v. McGee
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided February 5, 1986No. 85-476PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERRY, Associate Judge:
This appeal requires us to decide whether the Small Claims and Conciliation Branch of the Superior Court has jurisdiction to entertain a cross-claim in excess of $2,000. We hold that it does not, and thus we reverse the trial court’s judgment in favor of the cross-claimant.
I
Three cars collided near the intersection of Piney Branch Road and Rittenhouse Street, Northwest. All three were headed north on Piney Branch Road. Appellant McCray’s car was in the right-hand lane, and appellee McGee’s car was in the left-hand lane behind a taxicab owned by Robert Wiley and driven…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Shapiro v. Essex Cty. Freeholders Bd.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1980
- 1425 F Street Corp. v. JardinDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1947
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3Cited by33 opinions
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