Legal Opinion · Dissent

Kelly Adjustment Co. v. Boyd

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided July 31, 1975No. 8239, 8240Published

1Dissent

PAIR, Associate Judge, Retired

(dissenting) :

I am unable to agree with my colleagues that we should permit enforcement of appellant’s judgment against appellees Robert and Ibula Boyd (the Boyds). In the first place, the judgment is of very doubtful validity in my opinion. Of course, as a general rule this court may not go behind a judgment to inquire as to its validity. However, the court cannot escape its responsibility to examine the record brought here for review.

What appears from the record is that appellant commenced in the Civil Division of the Superior Court an action entitled…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Linkletter v. WalkerSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  2. M. A. P. v. RyanDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1971
  3. United States v. Schooner PeggySupreme Court of the United States · 1801
  4. Vandenbark v. Owens-Illinois Glass Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
  5. Kuhn v. Fairmont Coal Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1910

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