PAGE v. DIXON

No. 1448.

102 A.2d 311 (1954)

PAGE et al. v. DIXON.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided January 22, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles B. Sullivan, Jr., Washington, D. C., for appellants.

Lyman J. Umstead, Asst. Corporation Counsel, Washington, D. C., Vernon E. West, Corporation Counsel, Chester H. Gray, Principal Asst. Corporation Counsel, and Milton D. Korman, Asst. Corporation Counsel, Washington, D. C., on the brief, for appellee.

Before CAYTON, Chief Judge, and HOOD and QUINN, Associate Judges.


CAYTON, Chief Judge.

Russell Page and his insurance company sued the driver of a District of Columbia trash truck for damages sustained in a collision. The trial court concluded that defendant was negligent but also found that plaintiff Page was contributorily negligent and denied him recovery.

On this appeal the principal argument is that the finding of contributory negligence was erroneous. The testimony of Page was that he was approaching an uncontrolled...

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