Legal Opinion
Venison v. Robinson
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided July 27, 2000No. 98-CV-518PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERRY, Associate Judge:
Appellant William Venison seeks reversal of a default judgment in favor of appel-lees Elbert and Verna Robinson, quieting title to a piece of real property that Venison had previously owned. The Robinsons filed the underlying complaint in 1997 to confirm a tax deed which they had acquired from the District of Columbia in 1993. Despite substantial evidence that he was personally served, Mr. Venison claims that the default judgment was the only legal document he ever received concerning the case, and that the court did not have jurisdiction over him because he had never…
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