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HECHT COMPANY v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 2085.

139 A.2d 857 (1958)

The HECHT COMPANY, a corporation, Appellant, v. The DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, a municipal corporation, Appellee.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided March 17, 1958.

Rehearing Denied March 28, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. Arness, Washington, D. C., with whom John J. Ross, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Richard W. Barton, Asst. Corp. Counsel, with whom Chester H. Gray, Corp. Counsel, Milton D. Korman, Principal Asst. Corp. Counsel, and Hubert B. Pair, Asst. Corp. Counsel, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before ROVER, Chief Judge, and HOOD and QUINN, Associate Judges.

QUINN, Associate Judge.

Miss Ruth O'Neil fell on a defective sidewalk adjacent to appellant Hecht Company's warehouse and subsequently brought suit against both Hecht and appellee District of Columbia. Each defendant answered and, in addition, the District filed a cross-claim against Hecht alleging that it was solely liable for Miss O'Neil's injuries by virtue of a written agreement, dated December 17, 1936,

"* * * in which the Hecht Company, a corporation...

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