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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. SMITH

No. 5285.

297 A.2d 787 (1972)

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellant, v. Ruth SMITH, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided November 29, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas R. Nedrich, Asst. Corp. Counsel, with whom Hubert B. Pair, Acting Corp. Counsel at that time, and Richard W. Barton, Asst. Corp. Counsel, were on the brief, for appellant.

David S. Greene, Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before FICKLING and NEBEKER, Associate Judges, and HOOD, Chief Judge, Retired.

PER CURIAM:

This case, an appeal by the District of Columbia from a judgment for alleged negligence on its part in failing to remove ice and snow from a public sidewalk, is before us for the second time. A brief account of the prior proceeding is appropriate.

In our previous opinion we held that recovery was barred for failure of the "claimant, his agent, or attorney" to give notice in writing to the District within six months after the injury was sustained...

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