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WIGGINS v. CAPITAL TRANSIT COMPANY

No. 1763.

122 A.2d 117 (1956)

Lottie WIGGINS, Appellant, v. CAPITAL TRANSIT COMPANY, a corporation, Appellee.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided April 19, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James T. Barbour, Jr., Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Edwin A. Swingle, Washington, D. C., with whom Ernest A. Swingle and Allan C. Swingle, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before HOOD, Acting Chief Judge, QUINN, Associate Judge, and CAYTON (Chief Judge, Retired), sitting by designation under Code, § 11-776(b).

CAYTON, Acting Judge.

This was a suit for personal injuries sustained by a passenger in defendant's bus. Verdict was directed for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.

Plaintiff, a 71-year-old woman, testified that after she boarded the bus she "went to step over the white line and before she could grasp the hand rail, the bus `started suddenly' and threw her to the floor. * * *" She was injured on the hand, head and...

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