Legal Opinion
Medhin v. Hailu
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided August 11, 2011No. 09-CV-1415PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WASHINGTON, Chief Judge:
Appellant Tamrat Medhin challenges the trial court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of appellee Teshome Hailu. Hailu sued for a declaratory judgment that funds he had placed in escrow pending resolution of a dispute over a commission fee with Medhin, his real estate broker, belonged to him. Finding that the statute of limitations had run on any claim Medhin may have had to the commission, the trial court granted judgment to Hailu.
On appeal, Medhin argues that the funds held in escrow were presumptively his, and because he would have no reason to sue to obtain his…
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