Legal Opinion
Jones v. District of Columbia
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided June 18, 1956No. 1774PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
QUINN, Associate Judge.
Miss Jones brought this action against the District of Columbia to recover for personal injuries resulting from a fall on a sidewalk alleged to have been negligently maintained by the District. At the conclusion of the evidence for plaintiff, defendant made a motion for directed verdict based on two grounds, namely: (1) That she failed to prove compliance with Section 12-208 of the District of Columbia Code in that neither the police report nor the report in writing to the Commissioners gave a sufficiently accurate date or time of the happening of the accident; and (2)…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- District of Columbia v. WoodburySupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Smith v. District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1951
- Kithcart v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1945
- Wershba v. City of LynnMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1949
- Dickow v. CookinhamCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1954
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3Cited by33 opinions
- Vassiliades v. Garfinckel's, Brooks Bros.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1985
- Camalier & Buckley-Madison, Inc. v. The Madison Hotel, Inc.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1975
- Shehyn v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1978
- District of Columbia v. FowlerDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1985
- Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority v. DavisDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1992
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