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HANNA v. FLETCHER

No. 12050.

231 F.2d 469 (1956)

Helen HANNA, Cicero Hanna, Appellants, v. Annie C. FLETCHER, Trustee of Estate of Florence Johnson, Benjamin F. Fletcher, and Fred S. Gichner Iron Works, Inc., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided January 19, 1956.

Petitions for Rehearing Denied February 17, 1956.

Writ of Certiorari Denied June 11, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Paul R. Connolly, Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. Francis L. Casey, Jr., and Stanley S. Harris, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellants.

Mr. David G. Bress, Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. Alvin L. Newmyer, Jr., and Sheldon E. Bernstein, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee Fletcher.

Mr. Richard W. Galiher, Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. Julian H. Reis, William E. Stewart, Jr., and William J. Donnelly, Jr., Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee Fred S. Gichner Iron Works, Inc.

Before EDGERTON, Chief Judge, and PRETTYMAN, WILBUR K. MILLER, BAZELON, FAHY, WASHINGTON and DANAHER, Circuit Judges.

Writ of Certiorari Denied June 11, 1956. See 76 S.Ct. 1051.

FAHY, Circuit Judge.

Appellants, husband and wife, whom we shall usually refer to as plaintiffs, sued in the District Court to recover damages from the appellees, defendants, for serious injuries suffered by the wife in May, 1949. She fell into an areaway from steps leading to the street from the front door of premises she and her husband occupied as tenants. Defendant Fletcher is the landlord or...

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