R. Harris & Co. v. Weller
District Court, District of Columbia
Appeal from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. Suit by R. Harris & Co., a corporation, against Joseph I. Weller and others. From a decree dismissing the bill, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
ROBB, Associate Justice.
The appeal is from a decree dismissing plaintiffs bill for relief, growing out of the purchase by it of the Jenifer Building, so called, a six-story brick store and office building located at the northwest corner of Seventh and D Streets, Northwest, in this city. The facts, as detailed by tlie bill, are substantially these:
Plaintiffs and their predecessors, for approximately 25 years, had conducted a jewelry store under the name of R. Harris & Co., occupying for this purpose the first floor and basement of the_Jenifer Building, which for some time (the exact period not…
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