Legal Opinion
Horne v. Ostmann
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided December 17, 1943No. 142PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CAYTON, Associate Judge.
Appeal from a judgment entered on a verdict directed against plaintiff on his opening statement.
The complaint is lengthy and somewhat involved, but as we read it, this is the substance of what it charged: That defendant, Simpson Company, had sued this plaintiff in the Landlord-Tenant Branch of the Municipal Court, claiming possession of certain property; that he had not joined in the complaint a claim for rent but had sought and obtained only a judgment for possession; that the judgment was conclusive of all disputes between them and the Simpson Company was precluded…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Best v. District of ColumbiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Chapman v. AndersonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1925
- Moder v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1932
- Simmons v. SullivanDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1914
3Cited by10 opinions
- S. Freedman & Sons, Inc. v. Hartford Fire InsuranceDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1978
- Hays v. Missouri Pacific Railroad CompanySupreme Court of Missouri · 1957
- Mitchell v. DavidDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1947
- Geier v. JordanDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1954
- Isidore Shulman, M.D. v. Dona L. Miskell, Philip F. Hudock, EsquireCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1980
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