Legal Opinion
Compton v. Atwell
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided February 25, 1952No. 1176PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CAYTON, Chief Judge.
Hugh E. Atwell sued Ernest M. Compton for $1070, part of which sum he claimed for a personal debt due him and the remainder for claims assigned to him by three other persons. Compton filed a general denial and apparently, according to the record, did not take the stand in his own behalf. A jury returned a verdict against him for the amount claimed.
Compton has appealed from the judgment which followed and has in his brief presented for review only one question. “Is an assignment valid when made only for the purpose of permitting the assignee to manage the litigation and to…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Titus v. WallickSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Koehne v. HarveyDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1946
- Ingle Manufacturing Co. v. ScalesCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1918
- James v. GreenbergDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1947
- Mitchell v. Shoreridge Oil Co.California Court of Appeal · 1938
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Slater v. CannonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1952
- Compton v. AtwellCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1953
- Capital Linoleum Co. v. SavageDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1952
- Gulf Motors, Inc. v. FennerDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1955
- Lake v. AngeloDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1960
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