Legal Opinion

Acker v. Herfurth

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided December 26, 1939No. 7363PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RUTLEDGE, Associate Justice.

This is a special appeal from an order denying a motion of the defendant below to dismiss the action.

Plaintiff filed a declaration in three counts which were identical except that they named different defendants. The claim was for damages for breach of a written contract.1 The contract was signed “B. R. Acker.” But when suit was filed plaintiff was in doubt whether the contract, so executed, was undertaken in fact by Acker, solely and individually, or by him and another as partners, or by him and two others as partners. Accordingly, the first count named Acker…

2Cases cited31 opinions

  1. United States v. MayerSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
  2. Latta v. KilbournSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
  3. Larkin v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1916
  4. Laenger v. LaengerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1915
  5. Yandell v. City of Los AngelesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1931

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Perry v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1952
  2. United States v. CoyDistrict Court, W.D. Kentucky · 1942
  3. Sears Roebuck & Co. v. GaultDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1961

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