Legal Opinion
Ross v. Hartman
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided November 22, 1943No. 8413PublishedCited by 136 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDGERTON, Associate Justice.
This is an appeal by the plaintiff from a judgment for the defendant in a personal injury action.
The facts were stipulated. Appellee’s agent violated a traffic ordinance of the District of Columbia 1 by leaving appellee’s truck unattended in a public alley, with the ignition unlocked and the key in the switch. He left the truck outside a garage “so that it might be taken inside the garage by the garage attendant for night storage,” but he does not appear to have notified anyone that he had left it. Within two hours an unknown person drove the truck away and…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- Boronkay v. Robinson & CarpenterNew York Court of Appeals · 1928
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3Cited by136 opinions
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