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MORFESSIS v. HOLLYWOOD CREDIT CLOTHING CO.

No. 2589.

163 A.2d 825 (1960)

Mike J. MORFESSIS, Appellant, v. HOLLYWOOD CREDIT CLOTHING CO., Inc., a corporation, Appellee.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided September 27, 1960.

Rehearing Denied October 13, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ewing Laporte, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Alvin L. Newmyer, Jr., Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before ROVER, Chief Judge, and HOOD and QUINN, Associate Judges.

QUINN, Associate Judge.

Appellant recovered a verdict against appellee of $5,145 in an action for libel and judgment was entered accordingly on January 22, 1960. Four days later, appellee filed a notice of appeal with the clerk of the Municipal Court and submitted a supersedeas bond to the trial judge for approval. This was done while the judge was presiding over the trial of another case and apparently, because of her divided attention, she signed the paper without...

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