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BAUGH v. MECKLER

No. 9573.

168 F.2d 574 (1948)

BAUGH v. MECKLER et al.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia.

Decided June 14, 1948.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Philip W. Thomas, of Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Thomas W. Parks, of Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Herman Miller, of Washington, D. C., for appellees.

Before EDGERTON, CLARK, and PROCTOR, Associate Justices.

PER CURIAM.

Appellant contracted in 1946 to buy a house which he knew was under a covenant against sale to Negroes. He is a Negro. Though the covenant was plainly unenforceable because the neighborhood was largely colored, appellant refused to perform his contract. On the theory that the contract was "void," he brought this suit to recover a $500 deposit he had made. He recovered, in the Municipal Court, a judgment which the Municipal Court of Appeals reversed on...

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