Legal Opinion
Selby v. S. Kann Sons Co.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided November 5, 1934No. 6172PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HITZ, Associate Justice.
The appellant, as plaintiff below, sued S. Kann Sons Company for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by a fall while a cnstoiner in their store in the city of Washington.
At the conclusion of her evidence and that of her witnesses, the court on motion directed a verdict for defendant, which ruling is the ground of the sole assignment of error.
Since the other witnesses testified only to the nature and extent of her injuries, Mrs. Selby’s case as against the motion rests entirely upon her own testimony.
And she testified: “That Mrs. Childers (the clerk) showed…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Patton v. Texas & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1901
- Looney v. Metropolitan RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
- Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad v. KoskeSupreme Court of the United States · 1929
- New York Central Railroad v. AmbroseSupreme Court of the United States · 1930
- Gulf, Mobile & Northern Railroad v. WellsSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
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3Cited by13 opinions
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- Brodsky v. Safeway Stores, Inc.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1945
- Annie M. Martin v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1955
- Thompson v. Shoe World, Inc.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1990
- Bender v. Nalee, Inc.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1971
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