ABRAHAM v. GENDLIN

No. 9618.

172 F.2d 881 (1949)

ABRAHAM v. GENDLIN.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided February 7, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. W. Cameron Burton, of Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Thomas B. Heffelfinger, of Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. William J. Rowan, of Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before STEPHENS, Chief Judge, and WILBUR K. MILLER and PROCTOR, Circuit Judges.


PROCTOR, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is from a judgment of the District Court in favor of plaintiff (appellee) in a negligence action growing out of injuries from falling through a trapdoor in defendant's (appellant's) store. No question is raised here as to the negligence, but several points are made as to the trial court's action in dealing with evidence and instructions to the jury.

Two weeks before the accident appellee had opened a dry cleaning shop, to...

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