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LINDSEY v. D. C. TRANSIT COMPANY

No. 2064.

140 A.2d 306 (1958)

Minnie LINDSEY, Appellant, v. D. C. TRANSIT COMPANY, a corporation, Appellee.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided April 15, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry C. Lewis, Washington, D. C., with whom Howard A. Vogel, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Allan C. Swingle, Washington, D. C., for appellee. Edwin A. Swingle, Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for appellee.

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

ROVER, Chief Judge.

By this appeal plaintiff seeks to reverse a judgment on a directed verdict in favor of Capital Transit in a suit to recover damages for injuries allegedly caused when the bus on which she was a passenger came to a sudden stop.

In her complaint plaintiff charged the bus company with specific negligence and in the alternative relied on the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur. Defendant countered with contributory negligence and alleged in...

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