Legal Opinion
Counselman v. Pitzer
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided September 23, 1935No. 6386PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARTIN, Chief Justice.
An appeal from a judgment entered upon a directed verdict where both parties requested a peremptory instruction.
The appellant, as executrix of the estate of Miss Counselman, commenced this suit in the lower court against Rufus F. "Pitzer to secure possession of four certain promissory notes upon a claim that they were assets of the decedent’s estate. The appellee, as defendant below, denied the plaintiff’s claim and asserted a right to the possession and ownership of the notes in question.
The issue was tried to the jury and at the close of the testimony each party…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- McNeil v. . the Tenth National BankNew York Court of Appeals · 1871
- National Safe Deposit, Sav. & Trust Co. of DC v. HibbsSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Williams v. VreelandSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
- Pennsylvania Railroad Company's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1878
- Bank v. Ohio Valley Furniture Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1905
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Ruth Whitehead v. American Security and Trust Company, American Security and Trust Company v. Ned Whitehead, and Whitehead and Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1961
- James v. NelsonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1937
- Ragan v. WardellCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1937
- Ruth Whitehead v. American Security and Trust Company, American Security and Trust Company v. Ned Whitehead, and Whitehead and Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1961