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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. RICHARDS

No. 7830.

128 F.2d 297 (1942)

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. RICHARDS.

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided April 13, 1942.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Vernon E. West, Principal Assistant Corporation Counsel, D. C., with whom Mr. Richmond B. Keech, Corporation Counsel, D. C., and Mr. Chester H. Gray, Assistant Corporation Counsel, D. C., were on the brief, all of Washington, D. C., for appellant. Mr. Oliver Gasch, Assistant Corporation Counsel, D. C., of Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for appellant.

Mr. William Wendell, with whom Mr. John A. Weil and Mr. Richard W. Oliver, were on the brief, all of Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before STEPHENS, VINSON, and RUTLEDGE, Associate Justices.

RUTLEDGE, Associate Justice.

The suit is for damages for personal injuries caused by a fall. The District of Columbia owns and operates the Eastern Market. The codefendant, Stone, was lessee of a stand where he conducted a seafood business. About three o'clock in the afternoon of Thursday, July 2, 1936, plaintiff went to the Market to buy fish. While he was walking in the aisle next to Stone's stand, according to his testimony, his left foot slipped on a piece of...

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