Gibson v. Gernat
District Court, District of Columbia
Appeal from Ihe Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. Action by Ethel M. Gernat against Grace McMillan Gibson. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
ROBB, Associate Justice.
This appeal is from a judgment in the Supreme Court of the District for the plaintiff, appellee here, in an action for damages growing out of injuries sustained by the plaintiff in falling down a dumb-waiter shaft in defendant’s dwelling house.
At and for about five weeks prior to the time of the accident, plaintiff had been employed by the defendant in defendant’s home in this city, exclusively as a nursery governess. The house, in which defendant had resided for several years, was of the English basement type and four stories in height. Plaintiff’s duties were chiefly…
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