Lyons v. Liberty Nat. Bank

HITZ, Associate Justice.

This is an action brought in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia by the appellant, Lyons, as plaintiff, to recover $1,500 deposited by him with the appellee, as “escrow agent.” The court sustained a demurrer to the plaintiff’s amended declaration, and, the plaintiff electing to stand thereon, final judgment was entered against him and in favor of the defendant for costs, from which judgment the plaintiff prosecutes this appeal.

The amended declaration embodies the contract, and, as the question is one of pleading and the pleading is short, we reprint the…