Legal Opinion

Scholl v. Tibbs

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided February 28, 1944No. 163PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CAYTON, Associate Judge.

Plaintiff, Walter Scholl, appellant here, sued for possession of dwelling property on the ground that he wished possession thereof for his own immediate and personal use, as authorized by the Emergency Rent Act,1 *353Section 5(b) (2). Judgment was entered against him on the ground that the matter had been decided against him in an earlier landlord and tenant action heard by another judge of the same court. He appeals from the second judgment.

From the record we find that the earlier case had been filed by the same plaintiff, Walter Scholl, through the same attorney, against…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Southern Pacific Railroad v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
  2. Chandler v. PeketzSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
  3. Clegg v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1940
  4. Shepherd v. PepperSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
  5. Baker v. CummingsSupreme Court of the United States · 1901

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Harding v. CarrSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1951
  2. Rodríguez v. AlbizuSupreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1954
  3. Kincade v. WahDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1944
  4. Abramson v. GradyDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1967
  5. Hankin v. SpilkerDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1950

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