Legal Opinion

Sheila Ilina Boland, Etc. v. J. Spencer Love

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided April 7, 1955No. 12240_1PublishedCited by 38 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DANAHER, Circuit Judge.

Appellant (plaintiff) sought damages for injuries sustained when she was struck by an automobile near Ashland, Virginia. The car belonged to Robert Lee Love, son of J. Spencer Love, both appellees here, (defendants in the District Court). Defendants resided in the District of Columbia but both were away when one Coates, without permission, took Robert’s car from the garage on the father’s Washington premises where Coates was employed as a gardener and yard man. Pertinent allegations appear in the margin.1 At the conclusion of plaintiff’s opening statement, the trial…

2Cases cited45 opinions

  1. Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
  2. Gunning v. CooleySupreme Court of the United States · 1930
  3. Oscanyan v. Arms Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1881
  4. Liverpool, New York & Philadelphia Steamship Co. v. Commissioners of EmigrationSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
  5. Union Pacific Railway Co. v. McDonaldSupreme Court of the United States · 1894

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3Cited by38 opinions

  1. Frederick O. Gaither v. Charles R. Myers and American Motorist Insurance Co., a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1968
  2. Marguerite Jamieson v. Woodward & LothropCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1957
  3. Kendall v. Gore Properties, Inc.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1956
  4. Joffre v. Canada Dry Ginger Ale, Inc.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1960
  5. Hardwick Ex Rel. Bartz v. BublitzSupreme Court of Iowa · 1963

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