Legal Opinion
Ford v. Sturgis
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 10, 1926No. 4026PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARTIN, Chief Justice.
The decedent, Victor M. Sturgis, while attending a moving picture exhibition in the Knickerbocker Theater in the city of Washington, on January 28, 1922, was instantly killed by the collapse of the theater building. His administrator brought suit for damages in the lower court, naming as joint defendants the Knickerbocker Theater Company, a corporation, which built the theater and owned and operated it at the time of the accident, Harry M. Crandall, its president and general manager, Reginald W. Geare, the architect of the building, John H. Ford, and the Union Iron Works…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- MacPherson v. . Buick Motor Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1916
- Savings Bank v. WardSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Huset v. J. I. Case Threshing Mach. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1903
- Coughtry v. . Globe Woolen Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1874
- Johnson v. Cadillac Motor Car Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1919
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Goldberg v. Lumber Mutual Casualty InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1948
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- Dow v. Holly Manufacturing Co.California Supreme Court · 1958
- Horton v. Goldminer's DaughterUtah Supreme Court · 1989
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