Legal Opinion
Hoover v. Babcock
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided June 18, 1947No. 503PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CAYTON, Chief Judge.
Plaintiffs sued for damages for alleged unlawful eviction from an apartment. The trial court ruled against them and they have brought this appeal.
At the outset we are confronted with the fact that the appeal was noted, not from the judgment itself but from an order overruling plaintiffs’ motion for new trial. In this jurisdiction it is settled beyond question that the granting or refusal of a new trial is not subject to reversal, save when a dear abuse of discretion is shown.1 In this record there is not even the slightest showing of an abuse of discretion.
But even if…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Morris v. District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1941
- Barrett v. Adkins Furniture Co.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1945
- Mitchell v. Ralph D. Cohn, Inc.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1947
- District Nat. Bank v. MaiaticoCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1932
- Lee v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1944
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Bedell v. Inver Housing, Inc.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1986
- Nickel v. ScottDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1948
- Slater v. CannonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1952
- James v. GreenbergDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1947
- Parry-Hill v. DownsDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1959
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