BYAS v. DORSEY

No. 10578.

192 F.2d 613 (1951)

BYAS v. DORSEY.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided November 1, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rex K. Nelson, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

William E. Stewart, Jr., Washington, D. C., with whom Richard W. Galiher and William H. Clarke, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before CLARK, PROCTOR and BAZELON, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal by Eleanor Byas, the unsuccessful plaintiff in a negligence suit. Upon the conclusion of testimony in the trial court, she moved for a directed verdict on the grounds that negligence had been established as a matter of law and that the testimony disclosed no evidence of contributory negligence. The court ruled that the defendant was negligent as a matter of law, but submitted the issues of proximate...

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