Legal Opinion
Chambers v. Whelen
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided October 24, 1930No. 2988, 2989PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PARKER, Circuit Judge.
These two eases involve the same point and the appeals were heard together. The record in No. 2988 only was printed, and it was agreed that the decision in that ease should control the disposition of No. 2989. In this opinion, therefore, reference is made to the record in No. 2988.
The appeal in No. 2988 was taken in an action at law instituted in the court below by a person who was injured, while traveling along a public highway, by the falling of a dead tree which had been standing upon the land of defendants. The trial court sustained a demurrer to the declaration and…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Brown v. Milwaukee Terminal Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1929
- Hewison v. City of New HavenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1871
- Ruocco v. United Advertising CorporationSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1922
- Weller v. McCormickSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1890
- Laudeman v. Russell & Co.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1910
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Husovsky v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1978
- Sterling v. WeinsteinDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1950
- Hensley v. Montgomery CountyCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1975
- Dudley v. Meadowbrook, Inc.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1961
- Cline v. DUNLORA SOUTH, LLCSupreme Court of Virginia · 2012
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