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EATMON v. DRIGGERS

No. 1837.

125 A.2d 847 (1956)

William V. EATMON, Appellant, v. Emmett L. DRIGGERS and Emmett L. Driggers, Administrator of the Estate of Katherine Driggers, Appellees.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided October 18, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard W. Kemp, Washington, D. C., for appellant

Charles B. Sullivan, Jr., Washington, D. C., for appellees.

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

CAYTON, Acting Judge.

This suit was brought under our Negligence Causing Death statute, Code 1951, § 16-1201. It was filed by Mr. Driggers individually and as administrator of the estate of his wife, who had been killed in an automobile collision. The claim was for $3,000, the maximum jurisdiction of the Municipal Court, and the jury's award was in that amount. The important question on this appeal is whether the Municipal Court had jurisdiction to entertain...

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