SULLIVAN v. YELLOW CAB COMPANY

No. 3729.

212 A.2d 616 (1965)

Lillian J. SULLIVAN, Executrix of the Estate of Amy Putnam Lesher, Appellant, v. YELLOW CAB COMPANY of the District of Columbia, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 10, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russell Hardy, Sr., Washington, D. C., for appellant.

George J. Hughes, Washington, D. C., with whom Charles Jay Pilzer, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee.

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


MYERS, Associate Judge.

This case involves an appeal from a judgment on a jury verdict in favor of appellee Yellow Cab Company of the District of Columbia in a personal injury action brought by appellant Lillian J. Sullivan as executrix of the estate of Amy Putnam Lesher, deceased, under the Survival of Rights of Actions Act, 12 D.C.Code, 1961 § 101 (Supp. IV 1965).

A taxicab belonging to appellee was dispatched to pick up decedent (a 73-year-old woman...

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