TYNES v. GOGOS

No. 2131.

144 A.2d 412 (1958)

Leopoldine M. TYNES, Appellant, v. Pandora P. GOGOS, Appellee.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided August 22, 1958.

Rehearing Denied September 5, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Oliver Ellis Stone, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Donald J. Caulfield, Washington, D. C., with whom Bond L. Holford, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee.

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


ROVER, Chief Judge.

The right to maintain a civil action for damages predicated on the so-called "anti-discrimination laws" effective in the District is in issue on this appeal. The matter is before us from an order of the trial judge granting a motion to dismiss appellant's complaint for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted.

The complaint filed in this case alleged that appellant, a white woman, accompanied by her husband, a member of...

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