Legal Opinion
Thelma G. Thompson v. Sylvan Mazo
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided January 12, 1970No. 22268_1PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAZELON, Chief Judge:
D.C.Code § 16-1504 (1967) provides that a defendant who pleads title in a possessory action in the Court of General Sessions must enter into an “undertaking, with sufficient surety” before the cause will be certified to the District Court, which alone is empowered to try the issue of title. The question presented by this case is whether the “undertaking” must be in the form of a lump-sum bond regardless of the defendant’s ability to provide it, and may not be in any other form which the defendant is able to provide and which will provide “sufficient surety” for the…
2Cases cited35 opinions
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Sibron v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Yick Wo v. HopkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
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3Cited by17 opinions
- William T. Bell and Margie Bell v. Tsintolas Realty Company, James Coates v. Ruppert Real Estate, Inc.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1970
- Olen (Allen) Lee v. Nathan Habib, Olen Lee v. Nathan HabibCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1970
- Davis v. Rental Associates, Inc.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1983
- Mahdi v. Poretsky Management, Inc.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1981
- Ceola Cooks v. Roland A. Fowler, T/a J. Edward Fowler and SonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1971
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