BRINKER v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 1777.

122 A.2d 768 (1956)

Harris L. BRINKER, Appellant, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellee.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided May 24, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfred M. Schwartz, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Richard W. Barton, Asst. Corp. Counsel, with whom Vernon E. West, Corp. Counsel, Chester H. Gray, Principal Asst. Corp. Counsel, Milton D. Korman and Hubert B. Pair, Asst. Corp. Counsel, were on the brief, for appellee.

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


QUINN, Associate Judge.

Appellant, a taxicab driver, was convicted of violating Section 52(a) of the Traffic and Motor Vehicle Regulations for the District of Columbia. Section 52(a) provides in part:

"* * * the driver of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way, slowing down or stopping if need be to so yield, to a pedestrian crossing the roadway within a crosswalk * * *."

The alleged violation took place at night at Adams Mill Road and Lamont Street...

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