Proctor v. Ward
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
HOOD, Associate Judge.
This appeal is from an order dismissing a complaint. The complaint alleged that defendants had previously filed suit in the same court, against plaintiff, a lawyer, for services rendered for one of his clients; that service of-.process was not effected but plaintiff paid and defendants accepted the sum of $217.55 in settlement and defendants agreed to execute and deliver to plaintiff a praecipe withdrawing the suit; that defendants failed to withdraw the suit and- instead caused an alias summons to be issued. In addition to these basic facts there were allegations that…
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- Beadle v. FrielSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
- McChesney v. MooreDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1951
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