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PRESIDENT AND DIR. OF GEORGETOWN COLLEGE v. HUGHES

No. 7761.

130 F.2d 810 (1942)

PRESIDENT AND DIRECTORS OF GEORGETOWN COLLEGE v. HUGHES.

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided June 30, 1942.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Henry I. Quinn, with whom Mr. Richard W. Galiher, both of Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Emmett Leo Sheehan, of Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before GRONER, Chief Justice, STEPHENS, MILLER, VINSON, EDGERTON, and RUTLEDGE, Associate Justices.

RUTLEDGE, Associate Justice.

The appeal brings here for the first time the question whether a charitable corporation is liable for injury negligently caused by an employee acting in the course of duty. Issues of negligence and contributory negligence also are raised.

The plaintiff had judgment on a verdict, with special interrogatories. Defendant's motions for a directed verdict and to set aside the verdict were denied. The trial court's opinion, filed at...

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