WILSON v. BITTINGER

No. 14450.

262 F.2d 714 (1958)

Hester O'Neill WILSON, Appellant v. Charles O. BITTINGER, National Metropolitan Bank of Washington, and the District of Columbia, Appelles.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided December 18, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John Geyer Tausig, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Mr. N. Meyer Baker, Washington, D. C., for appellees Bittinger and National Metropolitan Bank of Washington.

Mr. Richard W. Barton, Asst. Corp. Counsel, with whom Messrs. Chester H. Gray, Corp. Counsel, Milton D. Korman, Principal Asst. Corp. Counsel, and Hubert B. Pair, Asst. Corp. Counsel, were on the brief, for appellee The District of Columbia.

Before REED, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, retired, and BAZELON and BURGER, Circuit Judges.


REED, Associate Justice, sitting by designation.

This is a tort action by a leasehold tenant of an apartment to recover damages from her landlord (Captain Bittinger), his agent (the Bank), and the District of Columbia, for negligence in the execution of a writ of restitution from the Municipal Court for the District of Columbia.1 It was alleged that the landlord, acting through his agent, the Bank, negligently removed appellant's personal...

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