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EVANS v. PRENTICE

No. 1008.

79 A.2d 396 (1951)

EVANS v. PRENTICE et al.

Municipal Court of Appeals District of Columbia.

Decided March 16, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark C. Bowsher, Washington, D. C., Milton M. Burke, Washington, D. C., on the brief, for appellant.

Clarence G. Pechacek, Washington, D. C., for appellees Prentice and Chalmers Co., Inc.

Henry S. Goodman, Washington, D. C., Charles W. Proctor, Washington, D. C., on the brief, for appellee Security Savings and Commercial Bank.

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

CAYTON, Chief Judge.

This litigation arises out of a contract under which Chalmers Co., Inc. agreed to build a house for Effie F. Evans for $15,950. On July 29, 1948, by check made payable to that company, Mrs. Evans made her initial payment of $2500 under the contract but no work was ever started on the house, and in January 1949 she filed suit to recover that sum. She named as defendants Chalmers Co., Inc. and its president, James H. Prentice, charging in her complaint...

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