Legal Opinion
Gladden v. Walker & Dunlop, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided April 23, 1948No. 9333PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDGERTON, Associate Justice.
Appellants Gladden, husband and wife, sued appellee for an injury to the wife, alleged to have been caused by an electric shock, in an apartment rented by the appellants from the appellee. The Municipal Court of Appeals set aside a judgment of the Municipal Court in appellants’ favor and ordered a new trial. For the sake of brevity we state our view of the applicable law without restating the views of those courts, with neither of which we entirely agree.
Electricity was wired into the apartment house through a master switch and then to the various apartments…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Kay v. CainCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1946
- Wardman v. HanlonDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1922
- O'Hanlon v. GrubbCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1912
- Iowa Apartment House Co. v. HerschelCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1911
- Paratino v. GildenhornCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1925
3Cited by18 opinions
- Javins v. First National Realty Corp.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1970
- Kendall v. Gore Properties, Inc.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1956
- Lee v. Housing Auth. of BaltimoreCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2001
- Green Ex Rel. Jackson v. KahnSupreme Court of Missouri · 1965
- Osborn v. BrownSupreme Court of Alabama · 1978
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