DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. STONE

No. 1603.

112 A.2d 497 (1955)

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, a municipal corporation, Appellant, v. Venstone STONE, Appellee.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided March 14, 1955.

Rehearing Denied April 5, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew G. Conlyn, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., with whom Vernon E. West, Corp. Counsel, Chester H. Gray, Principal Asst. Corp. Counsel, and Harry L. Walker, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellant.

Foster Wood, Washington, D. C., for appellee.

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


QUINN, Associate Judge.

Appellant, the District of Columbia, appeals from an adverse verdict and judgment for damages for personal injuries sustained by appellee Stone. The appellant contends that the trial court erred in denying its motion for a directed verdict at the close of plaintiff's case on the ground that the notice given by appellee was not legally sufficient to meet the requirements of the District statute which provides:

"No action shall be maintained...

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