BOOTH v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 13126.

241 F.2d 437 (1956)

Eva C. BOOTH, Appellant, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided November 1, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Milton Dunn, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. I. Irwin Bolotin, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Lyman J. Umstead, Asst. Corporation Counsel for the District of Columbia, with whom Mr. Vernon E. West, Corporation Counsel at the time of argument, Mr. Chester H. Gray, Corporation Counsel, Mr. Milton D. Korman, Principal Asst. Corporation Counsel, and Mr. Hubert B. Pair, Asst. Corporation Counsel, were on the brief, for appellee. Mr. William W. Pavis, Asst. Corporation Counsel, also entered an appearance for appellee.

Before EDGERTON, Chief Judge, and PRETTYMAN and BAZELON, Circuit Judges.


PRETTYMAN, Circuit Judge.

Our appellant, Eva C. Booth, brought a civil action for damages against the District of Columbia. The trial court granted the District's motion for a directed verdict upon plaintiff's opening statement. Plaintiff appealed.

The events from which the suit arose occurred in the summer of 1951. Plaintiff was driving her automobile south on Fourth Street, Northwest. As she entered the intersection at Ingraham Street her car was caught...

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