Legal Opinion
Watwood v. Morrison
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided July 12, 1963No. 3255PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Per curiam
This is an appeal from a-judgment of the trial court awarding appellees possession of residential property. Appellant urges here as she did below that by virtue of a contract of sale entered into with appel-lees she became the “contract owner” of the premises; that there is a suit for specific performance of the contract now pending in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, and that since the Court of General Sessions does not-have jurisdiction to determine title to real property the court erred in not dismissing the case.
The question of title is not automatically in…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Shapiro v. ChristopherCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1952
- Knowles v. MosherDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1946
- Thurston v. AndersonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1944
- Mindell v. GlennDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1949
- Nickles v. SullivanDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1953
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Thelma G. Thompson v. Sylvan MazoCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1970
- Mahoney v. CampbellDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1965
- Thompson v. MazoDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1968