Judd & Detweiler, Inc. v. Gittings
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Hearing on an appeal by tbe plaintiffs from a judgment of tbe Supreme Court of tbe District of Columbia entered upon an agreed statement of facts, in an action against attorneys to recover tbe price of tbe printing of briefs ordered by them.
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Hearing on an appeal by tbe plaintiffs from a judgment of tbe Supreme Court of tbe District of Columbia entered upon an agreed statement of facts, in an action against attorneys to recover tbe price of tbe printing of briefs ordered by them. Tbe Court in tbe opinion stated the facts as follows: Appellant, Judd & Detweiler, a corporation engaged in the printing business in the city of Washington, brought suit in the supreme court of the District of Columbia against appellees (fittings & Chamberlin, a law firm in this city, for the recovery of a bill for printing briefs in two cases in which…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Van Orsdet
The court below in its opinion attached no importance to the fact that these parties for a long period of time had been conducting transactions similar to the one sued upon, and that it had in all instances been the custom for plaintiff to send its bill to defendants, made out in their name, and for which in each instance it received in payment thereof defendants’ chock. We think the question of defendants’ liability turns largely upon this conceded fact. One set of the briefs was for use in the supreme court of South Carolina. Tt is inconceivable that plaintiff would have printed and…
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