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McLACHLEN NATIONAL BANK v. FIELDS

No. 9999.

364 A.2d 1191 (1976)

McLACHLEN NATIONAL BANK, Appellant, v. Louis I. S. FIELDS et al., Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided October 13, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Z. Sadoff and Kurt Berlin, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellant.

Louis I. S. Fields and Constance B. Fields, pro se.

Before GALLAGHER, HARRIS and MACK, Associate Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Appellant McLachlen National Bank instituted this suit to recover on a promissory note indorsed by appellees Louis I. S. Fields and Constance B. Fields. The trial court dismissed the complaint after determining that the action was barred by a prior judgment obtained against the maker of the note. We conclude that dismissal was improper.

The facts pertinent to this appeal are the following. In 1970 McLachlen National Bank loaned a sum of money to...

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