Legal Opinion
Eva C. Booth v. District of Columbia
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided November 1, 1956No. 13126_1PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRETTYMAN, Circuit Judge.
Our appellant, Eva C. Booth, brought a civil action for damages against the District of Columbia. The trial court granted the District’s motion for a directed verdict upon plaintiff’s opening statement. Plaintiff appealed.
The events from which the suit arose occurred in the summer of 1951. Plaintiff was driving her automobile south on Fourth Street, Northwest. As she entered the intersection at Ingraham Street her car was caught in a swift and deep current of flood water caused by a heavy summer rainstorm. The car was swept against a telephone pole, and as plaintiff…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Barnes v. District of ColumbiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- District of Columbia v. WoodburySupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Johnston v. District of ColumbiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Weightman v. Corporation of WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1862
- Smith v. District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1951
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Baldwin v. State of CaliforniaCalifornia Supreme Court · 1972
- James R. Spencer v. General Hospital of the District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
- Charles B. Elgin, Sr., Individually and as Next Friend of John Elgin, a Minor v. District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1964
- Wagshal v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1966
- Edythe C. Urow, Administratrix of the Estate of Louis Urow, Deceased v. District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1963
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