Legal Opinion
W. B. Moses & Sons v. Lockwood
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided January 7, 1924No. 3788PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SMYTH, Chief Justice.
Moses & Sons, a corporation, defendant below, having a claim against one Moore, caused an automobile to be attached by the marshal on the assumption that it belonged to him. Lockwood, asserting it was his, instituted a proceeding under section 462 of the District Code to have determined whose property it was, and obtained a finding in his favor. Thereupon he brought this action to recover $5,000 damages, on the basis that the attachment was sued out by the defendant wrongfully, maliciously, and without probable cause. He recovered a verdict for $800, upon which judgment…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Sweeney v. ErvingSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. KellySupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- The ConquerorSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Stewart v. SonnebornSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
- Perkins v. BrownTennessee Supreme Court · 1915
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3Cited by31 opinions
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- Archie Bradsher Davis v. Peerless Insurance Co.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1958
- Hoff v. LesterWashington Supreme Court · 1946
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