KNIGHT v. CHEEK

No. 10528.

369 A.2d 601 (1977)

Robert S. KNIGHT, Appellant, v. Robert B. CHEEK, III, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided February 16, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James D. Newton, Silver Spring, Md., with whom Suzanne V. Richards, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Dovey J. Roundtree, Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before KELLY, GALLAGHER and NEBEKER, Associate Judges.


NEBEKER, Associate Judge:

This appeal seeks reversal of a judgment by the Superior Court allowing Dr. Robert Cheek, III, appellee, to recover from Dr. Robert Knight, appellant, part of the money which Dr. Cheek paid to C.I.T. Corporation (hereafter C.I.T.), creditor, under a guaranty of appellant Knight's conditional sales contract. The issues are (1) whether the settlement of Dr. Knight's liability to C.I.T. discharged both Dr. Knight and Dr. Cheek, so that subsequent...

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