COUNSELMAN v. PITZER

No. 6386.

79 F.2d 707 (1935)

COUNSELMAN v. PITZER.

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided September 23, 1935.

Rehearing Denied October 12, 1935.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James F. Reilly, of Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Aubrey St. C. Wardwell, of Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before MARTIN, Chief Justice, and ROBB, VAN ORSDEL, HITZ, and GRONER, Associate Justices.


MARTIN, Chief Justice.

An appeal from a judgment entered upon a directed verdict where both parties requested a peremptory instruction.

The appellant, as executrix of the estate of Miss Counselman, commenced this suit in the lower court against Rufus F. Pitzer to secure possession of four certain promissory notes upon a claim that they were assets of the decedent's estate. The appellee, as defendant below, denied the plaintiff's claim and asserted a right...

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