HECHT CO. v. JACOBSEN

No. 10035.

180 F.2d 13 (1950)

HECHT CO., Inc. v. JACOBSEN et al.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided January 16, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Austin F. Canfield, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Ralph F. Berlow, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Lestor Wood, Washington, D. C., for appellees.

Before McALLISTER, sitting by designation, WILBUR K. MILLER and BAZELON, Circuit Judges.


BAZELON, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment awarding damages to plaintiffs below because of defendant's negligence. The episode out of which this suit arose occurred in appellant-defendant's department store on November 15, 1945. At that time, Betty-Lynne Jacobsen (plaintiff-appellee), a four-year-old child, and her seven-year-old sister were accompanying their mother, who had been shopping at appellant's store. While the three were descending from the...

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