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BEST v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 5768.

66 F.2d 797 (1933)

BEST v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia.

Decided June 30, 1933.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. O'Shea, John H. Burnett, and Alfred Goldstein, all of Washington, D. C., for appellant.

William W. Bride, Corp. Counsel, and Robert E. Lynch, Asst. Corp. Counsel, both of Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before MARTIN, Chief Justice, and VAN ORSDEL, HITZ, and GRONER, Associate Justices.

MARTIN, Chief Justice.

An appeal from a directed verdict in an action for damages for negligence.

The plaintiff below, appellant here, is the administrator of Albert Edward Best, deceased, and as such administrator sued the District of Columbia for damages caused by the alleged neglect of the District in maintaining a certain wharf in a dangerous condition, thereby causing the death of plaintiff's decedent.

In the declaration the plaintiff alleged...

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