Fox v. SHANNON & LUCHS COMPANY OF WASHINGTON

I concur but I admit that Christensson v. Hogdal, 91 U.S.App.D.C. 251, 199 F.2d 402 (1952), relied upon in the dissent, troubles me. It troubles me because its holding is not entirely clear to me. I believe Christensson is distinguishable on the ground that the District Court had jurisdiction of the subject matter but because of a defect of parties lacked jurisdiction to award the relief sought. Such appears to have been the situation in Conolly v. Taylor, 2 Pet. 556, 7 L.Ed. 518 (1829), relied on in Christensson. Thus, those cases, in the language of Christensson, dealt with “technical…