KIESS v. BALDWIN

No. 6757.

90 F.2d 392 (1937)

KIESS v. BALDWIN.

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided April 5, 1937.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Leonard Townsend and William J. Neale, both of Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Swagar Sherley, Charles F. Wilson, and Henry B. Weaver, Jr., all of Washington, D. C., for appellee.

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


STEPHENS, Associate Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (now the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia1) entered upon a verdict directed for the plaintiff (appellee). The suit was upon a promissory note. The defense was absence of consideration.

The plaintiff, receiver of the Commercial National Bank of Washington, D. C., a corporation, declared...

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