GAUSS v. KIRK

No. 997.

77 A.2d 323 (1950)

GAUSS v. KIRK.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided December 19, 1950.

Rehearing Denied January 9, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Landon Gerald Dowdey, Washington, D. C, with whom Emmett Leo Sheehan, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for appellant.

S. Jay McCathran, Jr., Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before CAYTON, Chief Judge, and HOOD and CLAGETT, Associate Judges.


CAYTON, Chief Judge.

Kirk, who was plaintiff below, sued to recover a $500 deposit he had made toward the purchase of real estate. He named as defendants Frank H. Gauss, the agent who held the deposit, and also the three owners. Service could not be had on the three owners because they were residing outside the jurisdiction and the case proceeded to trial against Gauss alone.

In a written memorandum the trial judge...

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