Legal Opinion
Hernandez v. Banks
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided May 2, 2013No. Nos. 08-CV-1571, 09-CV-744PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BLACKBURNE-RIGSBY, Associate Judge:
We granted appellees’ petition for rehearing en banc to consider whether we should continue to follow the rule of Sulli*61van v. Flynn, 20 D.C. (9 Mackey) 396 (1892), that the contracts of mentally incapacitated persons are inherently void, or should instead join the majority of jurisdictions in deeming such contracts only voidable.
The background is as follows. Appellant’s predecessor-in-interest, 718 Associates,1 appealed a decision by the trial court determining that it was not entitled to a non-redeemable judgment for possession of property located at 718…
2Cases cited67 opinions
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- M. A. P. v. RyanDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1971
- District of Columbia v. John R. Thompson Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1953
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3Cited by17 opinions
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- Barbara Harrison Pyles v. HSBC Bank USA, N.A., as Trustee for Wells Fargo Asset Securities Corp.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2017
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