HURD v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 1502.

106 A.2d 702 (1954)

HURD v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided July 28, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph C. Suraci, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

John A. Earnest, Asst. Corp. Counsel, with whom Vernon E. West, Corp. Counsel, Chester H. Gray, Principal Asst. Corp. Counsel, Harry L. Walker, Asst. Corp. Counsel, and Hymie Nussbaum, Asst. Corp. Counsel, all of Washington, D. C., on the brief, for appellee.

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


CAYTON, Chief Judge.

Mrs. Hurd brought this action against the District of Columbia to recover for personal injuries she sustained in falling over a defect in a public sidewalk. The trial court dismissed her complaint on the ground that she had failed to give proper notice of the injury to the District Commissioners under Code 1951, § 12-208. Mrs. Hurd appeals, and the only question for our consideration is whether it...

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