Legal Opinion
Lyons v. Liberty Nat. Bank
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided January 18, 1937No. 6661PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEPHENS, Associate Justice.
In this case the plaintiff (appellant) John A. Lyons, brought suit against the defendant (appellee) Liberty National Bank, to recover the sum of $1,500.00, together with interest and costs, which sum it was alleged had been wrongfully paid out of escrow. The defendant admitted the deposit of the fund in escrow and the payment out, but asserted that the latter was m'ade according to the terms of the escrow. The case was tried to a jury. At the close of the defendant’s case the trial judge on the defendant’s motion directed a verdict in the defendant’s favor. From…
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