Legal Opinion
Duell v. Duell
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided May 16, 1949No. 9699PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILBUR K. MILLER, Circuit Judge.
Charles H. Duell, Jr., appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia which, because he had been held in contempt of that court, struck his answer from the record and awarded judgment against him for $794,762.50, as though he were in default. The action was taken in a suit brought by his former wife in 1942 for sums alleged td be due under the terms of a separate maintenance contract which had been executed in 1923. The agreement was that he should pay her $1,500 per month for life and, in addition, $50,000 in ten equal…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Gompers v. Bucks Stove & Range Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Hovey v. ElliottSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Hammond Packing Co. v. ArkansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1909
- Penfield Co. v. Securities & Exchange CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- In re NevittCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1902
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Southern Railway Company v. Carl Talmadge LanhamCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- In Re Grand Jury Investigation.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- D.D. v. M.T.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1988
- In Re Sealed Case No. 98-3077Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1998
- International Union, United Mine Workers v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1949
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