DE FOE v. POTOMAC ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY

No. 1793.

123 A.2d 920 (1956)

Geraldine V. DE FOE and Eva P. DeFoe, Appellants, v. POTOMAC ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, a corporation, Appellee.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided July 6, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eva P. DeFoe, pro se.

Thomas E. O'Dea, Washington, D. C., with whom Cornelius Means, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee.

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


ROVER, Chief Judge.

This controversy arises out of a claim by the appellants that the appellee, a corporation, improperly disconnected the electric current serving the apartment occupied by them, resulting in inconvenience, embarrassment and physical discomfort, for which they both claim compensatory and punitive damages.

There seems to be no dispute concerning the following facts: The appellant Geraldine V. DeFoe is the daughter of appellant Eva P. DeFoe...

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