Legal Opinion

Morgan v. Garris

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided February 8, 1961No. 2647PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

QUINN, Associate Judge.

Appellees were the owner and real estate agent of premises on which appellant, an occupant, sustained personal injuries as a result of a fall from a stairway. In this suit for damages, appellant, through his father as next friend, charged appellees with negligently maintaining the stairway by failure to install an adequate railing. After depositions were taken, the court granted summary judgment against appellant and this appeal followed.

Appellant, a child nearly three years of age, lived with his parents in a two-story house leased from appellees. Two other tenants…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Lawler v. Capital City Life Ins.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1933
  2. Harrison v. Mortgage Inv. Co.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1932
  3. Hariston v. Washington Housing Corp.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1946

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Mark W. Morgan, an Infant, by Herbert N. Morgan, His Father and Next Friend v. James e.garris and Newcomb-Jones Realty, Inc.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1962
  2. Mark W. Morgan, an Infant, by Herbert N. Morgan, His Father and Next Friend v. James e.garris and Newcomb-Jones Realty, Inc.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1962

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