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WELCH v. UNKNOWN HEIRS

No. 12309.

226 F.2d 776 (1955)

Louise C. WELCH, Appellant, v. UNKNOWN HEIRS, Alienees and Devisees of John LIPSCOMB and John Davis, Deceased, Julia A. Banagan, Cathlyn V. Tibbs Dey, and Margaret G. Reese, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided October 27, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Herman Miller, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Mr. John F. Costello, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Michael F. Keogh, Mr. J. Robert Carey, Miss Helen V. Dolan and Mr. George C. Gertman, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellees Reese and Dey.

Mr. George A. Finch, Jr., Washington, D. C., for appellee Banagan.

Before PRETTYMAN, WILBUR K. MILLER and WASHINGTON, Circuit Judges.

WASHINGTON, Circuit Judge.

This is a suit by plaintiff-appellant under Section 16-1501 of the District of Columbia Code (1951) to establish title by adverse possession to the real property known as 2810 Dumbarton Avenue, N. W., in Georgetown, District of Columbia. Defendants-appellees filed counterclaims as co-tenants seeking partition and sale of the premises, and an accounting for the rents and receipts thereof. The District Court held that plaintiff had not acquired...

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