Case Name: BAUGH v. MECKLER et al.
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1948-06-14
Citations: 168 F.2d 574
Docket Number: No. 9573
Parties: BAUGH v. MECKLER et al.
Judges: Before EDGERTON, CLARK, and PROCTOR, Associate Justices.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 168
Pages: 574–575

Head Matter:
BAUGH v. MECKLER et al.
No. 9573.
United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia.
Argued June 8, 1948.
Decided June 14, 1948.
Mr. Philip W. Thomas, of Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Thomas W. Parks, of Washington, D. G, was on the brief, for appellant.
Mr. Herman Miller, of Washington, D. G, for appellees.
Before EDGERTON, CLARK, and PROCTOR, Associate Justices.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Appellant contracted in 1946 to buy a house which he knew was under a covenant against sale to Negroes. He is a Negro. Though the covenant was plainly unenforceable because the neighborhood was largely colored, appellant refused to perform his contract. On the theory that the contract was "void," he brought this suit to recover a $500 deposit he had made. He recovered, in the Municipal Court, a judgment which the Municipal Court of Appeals reversed on June 12, 1947. Meckler v. Bough, 53 A.2d 695. Judge Cayton's opinion in the Court of Appeals rightly states what was then the law, and the Supreme Court's decision in Hurd v. Hodge, 68 S.Ct. 847, obviously adds no strength to appellant's case.
Affirmed.