BECK v. WASHINGTON, VIRGINIA & MARYLAND COACH CO.

No. 12209.

220 F.2d 830 (1955)

Anna May BECK et al., Appellants, v. The WASHINGTON, VIRGINIA & MARYLAND COACH COMPANY, Inc., a corporation, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided April 7, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Alvin L. Newmyer, Jr., Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Alvin L. Newmyer, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellants.

Mr. John P. Arness, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Frank F. Roberson, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee.

Before WILBUR K. MILLER, PRETTYMAN and FAHY, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

The appellants, two elderly ladies, were riding at a moderate rate of speed on Arlington Boulevard, a dual highway, on a bright, clear afternoon in July, 1951. Anna May Beck was a passenger in her 1937 automobile, which was being driven for her by her sister Xenia.

A car ahead of them pulled to the left and went around a bus, which had lawfully stopped to pick up and discharge passengers. But the Beck automobile crashed against the rear of the...

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