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LEWIS v. MERZELL

No. 1684.

117 A.2d 392 (1955)

Sylvia P. LEWIS, mother and next friend of Glenn Edward Jarrell, a minor, Appellant, v. Paul MERZELL, Appellee.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided October 26, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Byron Sorrell, Washington, D. C., with whom Cullen B. Jones, Jr., Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant. Gerard P. Fleischut, Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for appellant.

William H. Clarke, Washington, D. C., for appellee.

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

QUINN, Associate Judge.

Appellant, plaintiff below, sustained injuries as a result of a collision with appellee's truck while allegedly standing on a streetcar loading platform. After a jury trial there was a verdict and judgment for defendant. The facts as gathered from the record are as follows: Plaintiff and a companion were crossing in the crosswalk from the east sidewalk of E Street at 9th Street, N.W. to the west side and as they approached the streetcar tracks...

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