Rheam v. Martin
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Hearing- on an appeal by the defendants from a judgment of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia upon the verdict of a jury in an action against a husband and his wife. Reversed. The Court in the opinion stated the case as follows: This is an action of assumpsit begun by James W. Martin against Henry H. Rheam and his wife, Julia A. Rheam, to recover the sum of $355 for work done and materials furnished in the erection of a house for the defendants.
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Hearing- on an appeal by the defendants from a judgment of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia upon the verdict of a jury in an action against a husband and his wife. Reversed. The Court in the opinion stated the case as follows: This is an action of assumpsit begun by James W. Martin against Henry H. Rheam and his wife, Julia A. Rheam, to recover the sum of $355 for work done and materials furnished in the erection of a house for the defendants. It appears that the lot upon which the house had been erected belonged, to the two defendants. Plaintiff testified substantially as…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Shepard
We are of the opinion that this judgment must be reversed upon the grounds that will be stated briefly as the conditions per*190mit, without undertaking a separate discussion of the errors that have been assigned upon the numerous exceptions taken on the trial.
The motion on behalf of the wife, Julia A. Rheam, for an instruction to the jury to return a verdict in her favor, should hav<* .been granted. Aside from the fact that she had an interest in the lot, it does not appear that she had any connection with the subject-matter of the action. It is not pretended that she undertook to have the house…
2Cited by3 opinions
- Arsenault v. AngleDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1945
- Chesser v. TroianoDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1948
- Lo Medico v. SimkowitzDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1960