PITTS v. WOODWARD AND LOTHROP

No. 6847.

327 A.2d 816 (1974)

Ella J. PITTS, Appellant, v. WOODWARD AND LOTHROP, a body corporate, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided October 31, 1974.

Certiorari Denied January 27, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

De Long Harris, Washington, D. C., with whom W. Alton Lewis, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Francis X. Quinn, Washington, D. C., with whom William R. Scanlin, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee.

Before REILLY, Chief Judge, and KELLY and HARRIS, Associate Judges.


Certiorari Denied January 27, 1975. See 95 S.Ct. 832.

REILLY, Chief Judge:

This appeal challenges the application of the forum non conveniens statute,1 to any action begun in the Superior Court against any commercial company incorporated in the District of Columbia. In that court, the defendant corporation, Woodward and Lothrop, successfully moved to dismiss before trial on the...

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