Legal Opinion · Dissent

Venstone Stone v. District of Columbia

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided December 3, 1956No. 12638_1Published

1Dissent

*34PRETTYMAN, Circuit Judge

(dissent- • ing).

I agree with the opinion ;of my brother Danaher, but I am constrained to add some additional observations from my own point of view. I think McDonald was correctly decided by this court and. Stone was correctly decided by the Municipal Court of Appeals. Judge DANA-HER joins me in this opinion.

Congress enacted a statute which reads:

“No action shall be maintained against the District of Columbia for unliquidated damages to person or property unless the claimant within six months after the injury or damage was sustained, he, his agent, or attorney gave…

2Cases cited61 opinions

  1. Thomann v. City of RochesterNew York Court of Appeals · 1931
  2. Touhey v. City of DecaturIndiana Supreme Court · 1911
  3. Marino v. Town of East HavenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1935
  4. Peterson v. Kansas CitySupreme Court of Missouri · 1930
  5. Schwartz v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1929

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