Legal Opinion

Billes v. Bailey

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided March 15, 1989No. 88-311PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MACK, Associate Judge:

Ann Billes appeals from a judgment in favor of Carl D. Bailey, Jr., an unlicensed home improvement contractor, in his claim for an unpaid contract balance of $700, and denying her counterclaim for $2281 in advance payments that she alleges he wrongfully accepted. We reverse the judgment of the trial court as to appellee’s claim and affirm the judgment on the counterclaim.

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Appellant, herself a former licensed home improvement contractor, briefly employed appellee as her apprentice. Later, she allowed her license to lapse. In June and July 1987, she entered three written…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Truitt v. MillerDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1979
  2. William J. Davis, Inc. v. SladeDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1970
  3. Brown v. BrownDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1975
  4. Miller v. Peoples Contractors, Ltd.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1969
  5. Rommel v. West American Insurance CompanyDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1960

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Solomon v. GilmoreSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1999
  2. Cevern, Inc. v. FerbishDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1995
  3. Capital Construction Co. v. Plaza West Cooperative Ass'nDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1992
  4. Nixon v. HansfordDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1991
  5. Remsen Partners, Ltd. v. Stephen A. Goldberg Co.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2000

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