Legal Opinion
Phyllis Nielsen v. Barclay Corporation, a Body Corporate
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 10, 1958No. 14182PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BURGER, Circuit Judge.
Appellant sued for damages for injuries sustained when she walked into a glass wall, mistaking it in the darkness for an open door to the apartment building she was seeking to enter as a guest of a tenant. The building was owned by appellee-defendant Barclay Corp., and managed by defendant Sidney Z. Mensh & Co., and these parties admitted exclusive control over the installation, construction and maintenance of the approaches and entrances to the building.
Around February 12, 1954, one Nielsen (who later married appellant) and one Tanner leased an apartment in a then…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Pessagno v. Euclid Inv. Co.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1940
- Kay v. CainCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1946
- Bowles v. Mahoney. District of Columbia v. MahoneyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1953
- Arial S. Dougherty v. Chas. H. Tompkins Co., a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1957
- Arthur H. Halin and Esther C. Halin v. United Mine Workers of America and Mohler Construction CompanyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1956
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Audrey Whetzel, Frederick Whetzel, Jr., and Frederick Whetzel v. Jess Fisher Management Co.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1960
- Landella Kanelos v. Milton KettlerCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1968
- Cramer v. Van ParysCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1972
- Dora L. Levine v. Dr. Harold H. Katz and Shannon & Luchs CompanyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1968
- Trust v. Washington Sheraton CorporationDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1969
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