DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. TILGHMAN

No. 2446.

157 A.2d 629 (1960)

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, a Municipal Corporation, Appellant, v. Hugh J. TILGHMAN in his own right and to the use of the Eastern Insurance Company, a corporation, Appellees.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided February 2, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard W. Barton, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., argued for appellant. Chester H. Gray, Corp. Counsel, Milton D. Korman, Principal Asst. Corp. Counsel, Hubert B. Pair and Ted D. Kuemmerling, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellant.

Samuel F. Ianni, Washington, D. C., with whom John L. Schroeder, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellees.

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


QUINN, Associate Judge.

Appellees sued for damages resulting from a collision between appellee Tilghman's car and a truck owned by appellant and operated by one of its employees. Trial was to the court and at the close of appellees' case, the District moved for a finding in its favor, which motion was denied. The District elected to stand on its motion and offered no evidence. Judgment was entered for appellees and this appeal followed. The case coming to us in this...

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