POOLE v. TERMINIX CO. OF MARYLAND & WASHINGTON

No. 1109.

84 A.2d 699 (1951)

POOLE v. TERMINIX CO. OF MARYLAND & WASHINGTON, Inc. et al.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided November 30, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dickson R. Loos, Washington, D. C., with whom Preston C. King, Jr., Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Thomas B. Heffelfinger, Washington, D. C., for appellee Terminix Co.

Bernard J. Gallagher, Washington, D. C., with whom J. Roy Thompson, Jr., Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee Fidelity & Casualty Co.

Before CAYTON, Chief Judge, HOOD, Associate Judge, and MYERS, Associate Judge of the Municipal Court for the District of Columbia.


MYERS, Acting Associate Judge.

This appeal is from a finding in favor of the defendants at the conclusion of the plaintiff's evidence because the action was barred by the statute of limitations. The complaint alleged that the defendants, Terminix Company and E. L. Bruce Company (which was never served), by written contract dated January 8, 1943, undertook to insulate the house of one F. A. Tweed in Chevy Chase, Maryland, against the attacks of termites. On January...

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