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GAITHER v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 8414.

333 A.2d 57 (1975)

John L. GAITHER, Jr., Appellant, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided February 26, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mabel D. Haden, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Leo N. Gorman, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., with whom C. Francis Murphy, Corp. Counsel, Louis P. Robbins, Principal Asst. Corp. Counsel, and Richard W. Barton, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before FICKLING, GALLAGHER and HARRIS, Associate Judge:

FICKLING, Associate Judge:

Appellant brought suit in the Superior Court against the District of Columbia for injuries he received while an inmate at the Lorton Reformatory. At the close of appellant's case, the trial court directed a verdict and entered judgment for the District of Columbia. Appellant brings this appeal.

The issues raised which are dispositive of this appeal are: (1) whether appellant was required to prove that the District of Columbia owned...

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