Strauss v. Hensey
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Hearing on an appeal by the defendant from a judgment on verdict in an action for money had and received, to recover money paid under a mistake of fact. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Alvey
This case has been in this court on a former appeal. Judgment had been rendered by the court below in favor of the plaintiff, on what was supposed to be a defective affidavit of defence, made under Rule 73 of the court below. The case was then considered here on the state of facts set out in the affidavit of defence, and which, for the purposes of that appeal, was required to be taken as true. The case as then presented is reported in 7 App. D. C. 289. The judgment then appealed from was reversed, and the cause remanded to the court below for trial. On the trial that afterwards took place,…
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