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THOMPSON v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 2932.

182 A.2d 360 (1962)

Helen M. THOMPSON and Zeno W. Thompson, Appellants, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, a municipal corporation, Appellee.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided June 28, 1962.

Rehearing Denied July 18, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maurice R. Dunie, with whom Joseph D. Bulman, Sidney M. Goldstein and Arthur S. Feld, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellants.

Richard W. Barton, Asst. Corp. Counsel, with whom Chester H. Gray, Corp. Counsel, Milton D. Korman, Prin. Asst. Corp. Counsel, and Hubert B. Pair, Asst. Corp. Counsel, were on the brief, for appellee.

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

HOOD, Chief Judge.

The female appellant (hereafter called the appellant) and her husband sued the District of Columbia for damages resulting from appellant's fall on a public space. A jury returned a verdict for the District and this appeal followed. Numerous errors are assigned, but only one, relating to an instruction to the jury, gives us concern.

Appellant was employed by a company engaged in selling boats. Its place of business was on Maine Avenue near...

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