Legal Opinion
FW Woolworth Company v. Stoddard
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided December 3, 1959No. 2469, 2470PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CAYTON, Acting Judge.
For injuries sustained in a fall at the entrance to a Woolworth store plaintiff sued Woolworth and the District of Columbia. A jury awarded damages against both defendants and they have appealed.
The Woolworth Appeal.
This appellant contends it was entitled to a directed verdict. It is argued that plaintiff did not show that Woolworth “was the owner of such premises nor a lessee having exclusive control over the entire premises”; nor that the owner of the property had by lease or otherwise transferred to the tenant the responsibility of.making repairs. These arguments have…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Hurd v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1954
- Altemus v. TalmadgeCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1932
- Viands v. Safeway Stores, Inc.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1954
- District of Columbia v. Hamilton Nat. Bank of WashingtonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1950
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3Cited by7 opinions
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- Miller v. SpencerDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1974
- Inman v. Clyde Hall Drilling CompanyAlaska Supreme Court · 1962
- MacLean v. Parkwood, Inc.District Court, D. New Hampshire · 1965
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