Legal Opinion
Smith v. Pickford
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided July 20, 1936No. 6477PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEPHENS,, Associate Justice.
This is an appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia in favor of Thomas II. Pickford, plaintiff below, and against Walter Fletcher Smith, defendant below. The suit was for rent.1 A jury was waived.
The case made for Pickford was this: On April 30, 1919, Pickford leased the Hotel Lafayette, located at 16th and I Streets, N. W., in the District of Columbia, to the Hotel Lafayette Company, a Delaware corporation, for a term to commence May 1, following, and to expire April 30, 1931. On April 26, 1929, Pickford executed with the same…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Sanders v. PartridgeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1871
- Negley v. MorganSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1863
- Century Holding Co. v. Ebling Brewing Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1918
- Hotel Lafayette, Inc. v. PickfordCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1936
3Cited by9 opinions
- Democratic Central Committee of the District of Columbia v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Commission, D. C. Transit System, Inc., IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1973
- Consumers United Insurance v. SmithDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1994
- Diatz v. Washington Technical School, Inc.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1950
- Jackson v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1964
- Jackson v. FullerCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1936
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