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WESTON v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 12547.

226 F.2d 268 (1955)

Edith WESTON, Administratrix of the Estate of Saunders F. Weston, Appellant, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 21, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John G. Saul, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Mr. Milton D. Korman, Asst. Corp. Counsel, with whom Mr. Vernon E. West, Corp. Counsel, Mr. Chester H. Gray, Principal Asst. Corp. Counsel, and Messrs. Harry L. Walker and Lyman J. Umstead, Asst. Corp. Counsel, were on the brief, for appellee.

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

PER CURIAM.

Saunders F. Weston filed a civil action in the District Court against the District of Columbia, a Municipal Corporation, for injuries sustained by him as a patient at the Gallinger Municipal Hospital (now the District of Columbia General Hospital). Weston died, and his surviving spouse, our appellant, as administratrix of his estate, was substituted as plaintiff. The District moved to dismiss, on the ground that the complaint failed to state a claim upon...

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