Legal Opinion

Block v. Fisher

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided March 24, 1954No. 1446PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HOOD, Associate Judge.

Appellant is the president and principal stockholder of a corporation which owns certain real estate on the rear of which was a two-story building. The District of Columbia authorities found this building to be in a dangerous condition and ordered its repair or removal. Neither appellant nor the corporation took any action and after some months delay the District employed appellees to raze the building and clear and level the site. 1 In razing the building ap-pellees found therein some second-hand refrigerators which they removed to their yard. About two months later…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Rodgers v. CrumSupreme Court of Kansas · 1950
  2. Kansas City, Memphis & Birmingham Railroad v. WagandSupreme Court of Alabama · 1901

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Baltimore v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2011
  2. Greenpeace, Inc. v. The Dow Chemical CompanyDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2014
  3. Stein v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1987
  4. Kearns v. McNeill Bros. Moving & Storage Co.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1986
  5. Fleming v. Carroll Publishing Co.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1993

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