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TURNER v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 2204.

144 A.2d 699 (1958)

Norma J. TURNER, by and through her best friend and next of kin, her mother, Madeleine Turner, Appellant, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, a municipal corporation, Appellee.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided September 19, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paschal R. La Padula, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

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 appellee.

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

QUINN, Associate Judge.

Appellant, a twelve-year-old girl tripped over a rise in a sidewalk, fell against a fence, and sustained injuries. Through her mother she brought this action against appellee. At the conclusion of all the evidence, the trial judge, sitting without a jury, found for appellee, stating orally that "considering all the surrounding circumstances, the pavement in question at the point where the [appellant] stumbled and fell was not in an unreasonably...

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