PEARSALL v. ALEXANDER

No. 87-826.

572 A.2d 113 (1990)

Harold PEARSALL, Appellant, v. Joe ALEXANDER, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided March 22, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Fields, Oxon Hill, Md., for appellant.

Joseph Levin, Washington, D.C., for appellee.

Before NEWMAN, FERREN, and FARRELL, Associate Judges.


NEWMAN, Associate Judge:

In what must be a common development wherever there are state-sponsored lotteries, this is the story of two friends who split the price of a ticket only to have the ticket win and split their friendship.

Harold Pearsall appeals from the dismissal of his complaint against Joe Alexander, in which Pearsall claimed breach of an agreement to share the proceeds of a winning D.C. Lottery ticket worth $20,000. The trial court found that such...

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