May Department Stores Company, Inc. v. Devercelli

314 A.2d 767 (1974)

MAY DEPARTMENT STORES COMPANY, INC., t/a the Hecht Company, Appellant,

v.

Elsa V. DEVERCELLI, as Administratrix of the Estate of Rudolfo Devercelli, Appellee.

No. 6052.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Argued April 24, 1972.

Decided December 14, 1973.

Rehearing En Banc Denied February 13, 1974.

J. Roy Thompson, Jr., Washington, D. C., with whom John Jude O'Donnell, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Paul Martin Wolff, Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before GALLAGHER, NEBEKER and YEAGLEY, Associate Judges.

YEAGLEY, Associate Judge:

This is an appeal from a…