Legal Opinion

District of Columbia v. May

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided December 26, 1933No. 5933PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GRONER, Associate Justice.

Defendant in error (plaintiff below) sustained damage to his automobile, to recover which he sued the District of Columbia (plaintiff in error). The damage resulted from a collision between defendant in error’s automobile and an automobile belonging to> the District under these circumstances: On *756the day in question, installation of a fire control box had'been duly authorized at Fourth and Peabody streets in Washington City. An employee of the District, whose duty it was to drive a truck aud assist in the installation of fire boxes, had been ordered to deliver certain…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Weightman v. Corporation of WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1862
  2. Harris v. District of ColumbiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
  3. Manske v. City of MilwaukeeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1904
  4. Jones v. District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1922
  5. Gaetjens v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1909

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. District of Columbia v. World Fire & Marine Ins.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1949
  2. William E. Scull v. The District of Columbia, a Municipal CorporationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1957
  3. Adams v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1956
  4. Van Voorhis v. District of ColumbiaDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1965
  5. Loube v. District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1937

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