Evans v. Humphreys
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Hearing on an appeal by the defendant from a j'udgment on verdict in a landlord and tenant proceeding removed from a justice of the peace upon a plea of title. The Court in its opinion stated the case as follows: This suit seems to have been commenced before a justice of the peace for the purpose of the recovery of possession of certain real estate in the District of Columbia, under the provisions of the Landlord and Tenant Act in force in this District.
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Hearing on an appeal by the defendant from a j'udgment on verdict in a landlord and tenant proceeding removed from a justice of the peace upon a plea of title. The Court in its opinion stated the case as follows: This suit seems to have been commenced before a justice of the peace for the purpose of the recovery of possession of certain real estate in the District of Columbia, under the provisions of the Landlord and Tenant Act in force in this District. The plaintiff was met before the justice by a plea of title interposed on behalf of the defendant; and thereupon, in pursuance of the act,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Morris
It is objected on behalf of the appellee that the transcript of record filed here is defective, and that it contains no bill of exceptions on which we can review the rulings of the court below in the case. But the questions raised by the appellant do not require a bill of exceptions. The purpose of a bill of exceptions, as has frequently been stated, is to make that a matter of record which otherwise would not appear on the record. But when the questions raised already sufficiently appear from the pleadings and proceedings of record, no such bill of exceptions is necessary. Young v. Martin, 8…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Young v. MartinSupreme Court of the United States · 1869
- Ward v. HollinsCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1859
- Edwards v. EdwardsIllinois Supreme Court · 1859
- Clinton v. Missouri Pacific RailwaySupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Low v. FoxSupreme Court of Iowa · 1881
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- Heslop v. Robert A. Grahame, Inc.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1942