Legal Opinion

Grass v. Eiker

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided October 8, 1957No. 2041PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

QUINN, Associate Judge.

This case is before us for the second time. The suit was originally brought by appellant in 1955 on a note executed by appellee in 1940. The principal defense was the three-year statute of limitations. 1 In an attempt to take the action out of the operation of the statute, 2 appellant offered to show that appellee acknowledged the debt in writing by listing it as a liability on a report which he filed in 1954 with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to its rules. He also offered to prove certain oral acknowledgments and admissions. Appellee moved for summary…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Bank of Jonesboro v. CarnesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1939
  2. Grass v. EikerDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1956
  3. Wilson v. BlackNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1945

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Bailey v. GreenbergDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1986
  2. Monroe v. WilliamsDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1988
  3. Fitzgerald v. Spearhead InvestmentsUtah Supreme Court · 2021
  4. Houshang Momenian v. DavidsonDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2016
  5. Gupta v. 2ndwave LLCDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2026

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