Legal Opinion

Kreis v. Block

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided September 13, 1950No. 940PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

HOOD, Associate Judge.

Plaintiff is an attorney-at-law. He represented the administrator of an estate which had among ’ its assets a candy business consisting of stock of .goods, fixtures, and a leasehold interest. Defendant 1 made an offer to purchase the business at a price acceptable to the, administrator and plaintiff took the necessary steps, to obtain an order of the probate court authorizing the administrator to sell the business to defendant. The store lease originally had been made 'to decedent and another and contained a provision against assignment. Plaintiff secured a surrender of…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Lessing v. GibbonsCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1935
  2. McClendon v. EubanksSupreme Court of Alabama · 1947
  3. Hobart's Admr. v. VailSupreme Court of Vermont · 1907
  4. Fraser v. CrounseDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1947
  5. Fraser v. CrounseDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1946

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Craig v. Acacia Mut. Life Ins. Co.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1952

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