BELL v. MYRTLE

No. 2364.

153 A.2d 313 (1959)

Elizabeth Ann BELL, an infant, by her mother and next friend, Mary Lou Sansbury, and Mary Lou Sansbury, Appellants, v. Jean E. MYRTLE, Appellee.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided July 7, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sidney A. Cohen, Washington, D. C., with whom Joseph D. Bulman, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellants.

William T. Clague, Washington, D. C., with whom Allan C. Swingle, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee.

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


QUINN, Associate Judge.

This was a suit to recover damages for personal injuries received by the infant plaintiff and for expenses incurred in her behalf by her mother. From a jury verdict in favor of defendant, plaintiffs appeal, contending that the trial court erred in not permitting a police officer to give his opinion as to the approximate speed of defendant's vehicle at the time of impact, and in refusing plaintiffs' instruction relating to the doctrine of last...

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