Legal Opinion

Phillips v. Marvin's Credit, Inc.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided January 26, 1944No. 154PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RICHARDSON, Chief Judge.

This was an action for conversion of personal property. After a jury trial, plaintiff, appellant here, was awarded damages. Thereafter, upon motion seasonably filed by defendant, the court granted a new trial; whereupon plaintiff appealed, claiming that the allowance of the motion was an abuse of judicial discretion.

At this stage of the case an appeal will not lie. Our jurisdiction is defined by the Act of April 1, 1942,1 authorizing appeals from “any final order or judgment.” Interlocutory orders may not be appealed unless “the possession of property is changed or…

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2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Fisk v. HenarieOregon Supreme Court · 1887
  2. East Erie Commercial R. v. DenialCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1933
  3. Williams v. La ValleIllinois Supreme Court · 1872
  4. Cassin v. EwaldCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1938
  5. Wallace v. MiddlebrookSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1859

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. United Retail Cleaners & Tailors Ass'n v. DenahanDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1945
  2. Howard University v. Pobbi-AsamaniDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1985
  3. Atlas Van Lines v. AustinDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1945
  4. Brickman v. American Bridge Fabricators, Inc.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1956
  5. De Grazia v. AndersonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1948

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