Legal Opinion
Winthrop v. 1600 16TH STREET CORPORATION
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided March 31, 1965No. 3643PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MYERS, Associate Judge.
For about four years prior to July 4, 1963, appellant had been a tenant in an apartment house in the District of Columbia owned by appellee. Its front entrance was equipped with two swinging glass doors, each with vertical glass handles, inside and outside, placed parallel to each other near the center edges. Both doors were transparent except for the usual hardware and the four glass handles. During his four years’ occupancy, appellant had used these doors, day and night, without incident.
On July 4, 1963, the air conditioning equipment failed. In an attempt to cool the…
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- Elmar Gardens, Inc. v. OdellCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1962
- Pettigrew v. Nite-CapSupreme Court of Florida · 1953
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