SHEFFIELD v. PAUL T. STONE, INC.

No. 6967.

98 F.2d 250 (1938)

SHEFFIELD et al. v. PAUL T. STONE, Inc.

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided April 25, 1938.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Gwynn Gardiner and James M. Earnest, both of Washington, D. C., for plaintiffs in error.

Bolitha J. Laws and Julian I. Richards, both of Washington, D. C., for defendants in error.

Before GRONER, Chief Justice, and STEPHENS and EDGERTON, Associate Justices.


EDGERTON, Associate Justice.

The plaintiff purchasers sued in the Municipal Court to recover from the defendant builders and vendors a $500 deposit on a contract for the construction and sale of a house. The court, without a jury, found for the defendants. The plaintiffs do not complain of the court's finding that defendants did not, and plaintiffs did, break the contract; but plaintiffs contend that they are nevertheless entitled to a return of the deposit. They...

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