OTIS GARDENS v. HAUSER

No. 1962.

134 A.2d 98 (1957)

OTIS GARDENS, Inc., a body corporate, and Government Employees Insurance Company, a body corporate, Appellants, v. Dorothy HAUSER, Appellee.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided July 10, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Burton R. Thorman, Washington, D. C., for appellants.

Thomas J. Ahern, Jr., Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Eugene B. Paulisch, Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for appellee.

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


CAYTON, Acting Judge.

This was an action for damages caused by a fire. It was alleged that the fire resulted from the negligence of defendant in permitting gasoline to spill from her automobile. By written memorandum the trial judge found in favor of defendant, and plaintiffs appeal.

It was shown that defendant, on June 27, 1955, instructed a service station attendant to fill her gasoline tank, and after this was done she drove less than two blocks and parked...

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