HARRIS v. ROBERSON

No. 8411.

139 F.2d 529 (1943)

HARRIS et al. v. ROBERSON et al.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia.

Decided December 16, 1943.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Vivian O. Hill, of Washington, D.C., for appellants.

Mr. Albert F. Beasley, with whom Messrs. Eugene X. Murphy and Raymond M. Hudson, all of Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellees.

Before GRONER, Chief Justice, and EDGERTON and ARNOLD, Associate Justices.


EDGERTON, Associate Justice.

Appellants, Donald Harris and his father, sued the appellees, Roberson and the Acker Company, for personal injuries to Donald, who was six years old at the time of the accident. In the District Court judgment was entered upon a verdict for Roberson and the Acker Company.

A large platform trailer belonging to the Acker Company had been parked in a vacant lot behind appellants' house. It was about 20 feet long, 8 feet wide, and 2...

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