Court Opinion

ID: 9442470
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-03 18:49:15.123853+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:29:06.416682
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WASHINGTON, Circuit Judge
(concurring).
The sole question actually before us is whether summary judgment for the defendant Korn was proper. I do not think it was. The plaintiff’s complaint stated on its face a valid cause of action against Korn, and nothing in the present record is sufficient to defeat it. I accordingly agree that the judgment of the District Court must be reversed.
On the other hand, this court is not in a position, prior to trial and with a meager record before us, to conclude affirmatively and with finality that the plaintiff’s lien still subsists, or that there is no equitable defense against its enforcement. “To do so would be to infringe upon the lower court’s prerogative to decide the case on the merits.” Dollar v. Land, 81 U.S.App.D.C. 28, at 33, 154 F.2d 307, 312, affirmed 330 U.S. 731, 67 S.Ct. 1009, 91 L.Ed. 1209.