Legal Opinion
District of Columbia v. Barnard
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided September 3, 1958No. 2222PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CAYTON, Acting Judge.
The District of Columbia appeals from a judgment of $10,000 awarded a plaintiff who fell into a manhole. (The action was filed in the United States District Court and by that court certified for trial to the Municipal Court under Code, § 11-756.) Plaintiff had joined as defendants the owners of the property in front of which the manhole was located, and as to them the Municipal Court directed a verdict. The jury’s verdict against the District was for $15,000, as to which the court ordered and plaintiff filed a remittitur of $5,000.
Our first question is whether the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- District of Columbia v. WoodburySupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Hecht Co., Inc. v. JacobsenCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1950
- Smith v. District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1951
- Jones v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1956
- Jones v. BridgesCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1940
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Sinai v. Polinger Co.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1985
- Weinberg v. JohnsonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1986
- Davis v. AltmannDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1985
- Girdler v. United StatesDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2013
- Sinai v. Polinger Co.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1985