Legal Opinion

Hotel Lafayette, Inc. v. Pickford

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided July 20, 1936No. 6476PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

STEPHENS, Associate Justice.

This is an appeal from a decree of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia dismissing a bill of complaint filed by the appellants as plaintiffs below against the appellees as defendants below. The bill sought specific performance of an alleged contract for a lease of a hotel and for a sale of the furniture, fixtures and equipment — hereinafter referred to as furnishings. The bill sought also to set aside a foreclosure sale, made under certain deeds of trust, of the furnishings and of a lease of the hotel. The case was. heard on the merits.1 Each of the two…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Castleman v. AvignoneCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1926
  2. Swarz v. LoefflerSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
  3. Anderson v. WhiteDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1894
  4. Snow v. SnowCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1921
  5. Smith v. PickfordCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1936

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. National Life Insurance Company, a Corporation v. Jerome Silverman, Carroll Arms Associates, a District of Columbia Limited Partnership v. National Life Insurance Company, a Vermont Corporation, A/K/A National Life of VermontCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1971
  2. National Life Insurance v. SilvermanCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1971
  3. Richardson v. RichardsonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1940
  4. Smith v. PickfordCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1936
  5. Johnson v. Inter-City Mortgage Corp.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1976

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