Legal Opinion

Alvarado v. Rosenberg

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided December 12, 1946No. 435Published

1Opinion of the Court

CAYTON, Chief Judge.

Defendants appeal from a judgment entered against them in an action on a promissory note. Only two questions of importance are involved.

Their first statement of error deals with the action of the trial court in striking their demand for jury trial. We shall recite the circumstances which led up to that ruling. Defendants filed their jury demand before the return day, but did not accompany it by an answer as required by Municipal Court Rule 8, Part II.1 Instead they filed a motion for a better bill of particulars, requesting a copy of the note and a statement of the amount…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. May v. MelvinCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1944
  2. Wilson & Co. v. WardDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1941
  3. Barnes v. ConnerDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1945
  4. Barrett v. Sterrett Operating Service, Inc.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1936
  5. Kiess v. BaldwinDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1937

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