JENKINS v. YOUNG

No. 2025.

135 A.2d 318 (1957)

Max E. JENKINS, Appellant, v. Saint Paul YOUNG, Appellee.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided October 23, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Katherine M. Staley, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Leonard Kaplan, Washington D. C., for appellee. C. E. Channing, Jr., Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for appellee.

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


HOOD, Associate Judge.

This appeal by a defendant charges error in the application of the doctrine of the last clear chance in an action arising from a collision between two automobiles in a street intersection controlled by traffic lights. The amount of damage to the two vehicles was stipulated and the only witnesses were plaintiff and defendant.

Plaintiff testified he was driving west on Pennsylvania Avenue at 20 to 25 miles an hour and entered the intersection...

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