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CAPITAL TRANSIT CO. v. WEBB

No. 8495.

142 F.2d 757 (1944)

CAPITAL TRANSIT CO. v. WEBB.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia.

Decided May 1, 1944.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. H. W. Kelly, of Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. R. E. Lee Goff, of Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant. Mr. S. R. Bowen, of Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for appellant.

Mr. Henry L. Lyman, of Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Albert Lyman, of Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee. Mr. Albert A. Stern, of Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for appellee.

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

PER CURIAM.

The defendant owned and maintained a waiting room at the end of its Georgia Avenue street railway line. At the entrance there was a step about four inches high which was flush with the outside of the building. The door opened outward over the step. The step projected from the bottom of the door only about an inch and a quarter.

Plaintiff was injured by falling over the step as she entered the waiting room. The negligence charged was that the step...

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