CAPITAL TRANSIT COMPANY v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 12540.

225 F.2d 38 (1955)

CAPITAL TRANSIT COMPANY, a Corporation, Appellant, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, a Municipal Corporation, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided August 4, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John P. Arness, with whom Mr. Paul R. Connolly, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Harry L. Walker, Asst. Corp. Counsel for the District of Columbia, with whom Messrs. Vernon E. West, Corp. Counsel, Chester H. Gray, Principal Asst. Corp. Counsel, Milton D. Korman and Robert D. Wise, Asst. Corp. Counsel, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before WILBUR K. MILLER, BAZELON and WASHINGTON, Circuit Judges.


WASHINGTON, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff Daisy Broadus sued the Capital Transit Company in the District Court for personal injuries received in a collision while she was a passenger on a Capital Transit bus. Capital Transit filed a third-party complaint against the District of Columbia, appellee here, alleging that the bus had collided with an automobile owned by the District and negligently operated by its agent. Appellee moved for summary judgment, showing by affidavit...

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