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DOUGHERTY v. CHAS. H. TOMPKINS CO.

No. 13246.

240 F.2d 34 (1957)

Arial S. DOUGHERTY, Appellant, v. CHAS. H. TOMPKINS CO., a corporation, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided January 10, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Cornelius H. Doherty, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Mr. John P. Arness, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. John J. Sirica, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee.

Before PRETTYMAN, WASHINGTON and BURGER, Circuit Judges.

BURGER, Circuit Judge.

Appellee, a building contractor, secured from the District of Columbia a permit to barricade a public sidewalk during the construction of a downtown building. In so doing, appellee was required to and did erect a temporary walk in the street around the barricade obstructing the sidewalk. This temporary walk was built of planking at the same level of the permanent sidewalk, i. e., 5 to 7 inches above the street with short ramps running...

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