Legal Opinion
Halpern v. Gunn
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided March 11, 1948No. 585PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CAYTON, Chief Judge.'
The decisive question in this case is whether a plaintiff may prosecute an appeal from an order granting his request for the entry of a voluntary nonsuit.
The case was tried to a jury in'June 1947, and resulted in a disagreement. Later the case was set for retrial and was called for that purpose in November 1947. When the case was called for trial plaintiff unsuccessfully pressed for a continuance." There was considerable discussion back and forth with the court; and when it was made plain to plaintiff that the case would not be continued he requested that a nonsuit be…
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