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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. BARNARD

No. 2222.

144 A.2d 418 (1958)

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellant, v. Jessye M. BARNARD, Appellee.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided September 3, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard W. Barton, Asst. Corporation Counsel, Washington, D. C., with whom Chester H. Gray, Corporation Counsel, Milton D. Korman, Principal Asst. Corporation Counsel, and Hubert B. Pair, Asst. Corporation Counsel, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellant.

Patrick J. Ogden, Jr., Washington, D. C., with whom D. Robert Cervera, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee.

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

CAYTON, Acting Judge.

The District of Columbia appeals from a judgment of $10,000 awarded a plaintiff who fell into a manhole. (The action was filed in the United States District Court and by that court certified for trial to the Municipal Court under Code, § 11-756.) Plaintiff had joined as defendants the owners of the property in front of which the manhole was located, and as to them the Municipal Court directed a verdict. The jury's verdict against the District...

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