Capital Construction Co. v. Holtzman
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Hearing on an appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia in an action for personal injuries. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Duell
The appellant, the Capital Construction Company, appeals, from a judgment entered against it, in favor of the appellee,, Jennie W. Holtzman, for the sum of $10,000, in a suit brought in the supreme court of the District of Columbia to recover damages for injuries sustained by her while riding in an elevator in an apartment house leased and operated by appellant. The accident resulting in the injuries appears to have been caused by the overloading of the elevator and the defective condition of some of the parts of the elevator machinery.
It is unnecessary, as we view the case, to inquire…
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