United States v. Geare

VAN ORSDETv, Associate Justice.

This appeal is from the judgment of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, sustaining de*998murrers to an indictment charging defendants, appellees, with the crime of involuntary manslaughter.

The indictment is the result of an investigation into the cause of the collapse of the Knickerbocker Theater, in the city pf Washington, on the evening of January 28, 1922. The charge is' based upon the alleged joint negligence of the defendants in connection with the construction of the theater building, which it is charged resulted in the death of one Mary Ethel…