Legal Opinion
Kurtz v. Capital Wall Paper Co.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided September 21, 1948No. 653PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CAYTON, Chief Judge.
Appellant, who was plaintiff below, is a paper hanger. Defendant owns and operates a wallpaper company selling its products to paper hangers. As an accommodation defendant offers the use of a group of power-driven wallpaper trimming machines to such customers as wish to use them. For customers who do not wish to do their own trimming defendant provides employees to do so at customer’s cost. Plaintiff bought wall paper of defendant and proceeded to use one of the trimming machines as he had done many times before. He testified that a rod “flew out” of a groove in which it…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Lake County v. RollinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
- Janof v. NewsomCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1931
- Wood v. WhiteCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1938
- Hanover Imp. Soc., Inc. v. GagneCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1937
- King v. District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1922
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Martin v. George Hyman Construction Co.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1978
- Jack Jeffries v. Potomac Development Corporation v. Erwin F. Simon & Associates and Thomas L. Watson, Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1987
- Thoma v. Kettler Bros., Inc.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1993
- Traudt v. Potomac Electric Power Co.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1997
- Iacangelo v. Georgetown UniversityDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2008
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