Legal Opinion
Wardman-Justice Motors, Inc. v. Petrie
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 3, 1930No. 4891PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VAN ORSDEL, Associate Justice.
This appeal is from a judgment of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia awarding appellee, Edith M. Petrie, plaintiff below, damages against the appellant for the alleged illegal and malicious seizure of her automobile.
It appears that plaintiff was the owner of the automobile in question, purchased from a salesman in the employ of the Justice Motor Company, which was subsequently merged with the defendant corporation; that the employees of said corporation seized the car where it was parked on the street by plaintiff, in her absence, and took it to the…
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