Legal Opinion
Moss v. W. S. Pratt Scientific Brake Service, Inc.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided January 26, 1965No. 3550PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOOD, Chief Judge:
Appellant filed a complaint entitled as one for “Money Had and Received, Fraud, Misrepresentation and Conversion,” seeking $400 compensatory damages and $1,500 punitive damages. Appellee moved for a more definite statement of the allegations of fraud, misrepresentation, illegal conversion, and related elements involving punitive damages. The motion was granted but appellant failed to comply, and on appel-lee’s motion the court struck from the complaint all allegations of fraud, misrepresentation and illegal conversion, and also the claim for punitive damages.
Review is sought…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Jacobsen v. JacobsenCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1942
- Markham v. KasperCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1945
- Levy v. ArsenaultDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1949
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