THOMAS v. CENTRAL CHARGE SERVICE, INC.

No. 3727.

212 A.2d 533 (1965)

William THOMAS, Appellant, v. CENTRAL CHARGE SERVICE, INC., Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 2, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Patrick J. Attridge, Washington, D. C., with whom Cornelius H. Doherty, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee.

Before QUINN and MYERS, Associate Judges, and CAYTON (Chief Judge, Retired).


CAYTON, Judge.

This appeal concerns the liability of a credit card holder for purchases made with the card after it had been lost or stolen. The suit was brought by Central Charge Service, Inc., a retail credit organization which claimed to be the owner of accounts receivable assigned to it by certain merchants.

At trial plaintiff offered evidence that a charge account had been opened by defendant Thomas and charge plates issued to him and his wife; that between...

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