Legal Opinion

Metzerott v. Hardware Dealers Mutual Fire Insurance

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided April 30, 1957No. 1945Published

1Opinion of the Court

QUINN, Associate Judge.

Appellant sued appellee alleging breach of contract for the payment of a reward offered for the return of a diamond spray-pin, or in the alternative, to recover on a quantum meruit. The case was tried to a jury and from a judgment disallowing recovery this appeal was brought.

In his statement of error appellant alleges, that the trial court refused to instruct the jury on quantum meruit. However, he failed to include in the record the judge’s charge in its entirety or a sufficient portion thereof to enable us to determine whether there was a fair and complete…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Stern Equipment Co. v. DayDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1956

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