Legal Opinion

Besarick v. Lewis

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided September 14, 1956No. 1857Published

1Opinion of the Court

ROVER, Chief’Judge.

This was a suit for rent due for an apartment allegedly rented to defendant. Among other defenses the answer recited that defendant was an infant and therefore any transaction with her landlord was either void or voidable. Later, defendant filed a motion for summary judgment and for an attorney’s fee to be assessed against plaintiff. The principal ground relied upon in *321the motion was her legal incapacity to he bound by a contract because of her infancy. The request for an attorney’s fee was bottomed upon the provisions of Code, § 13-105. A few days afterwards, plaintiff…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Hormel v. HelveringSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
  2. Shellman v. ShellmanCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1938
  3. Krupsaw v. W. T. Cowan, Inc.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1948
  4. Shipley v. MajorDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1945
  5. Cooper v. SillersCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1908

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