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· 12/10/1953

Firfer Et Ux. v. United States

Citations

  • 208 F.2d 524
  • 93 U.S. App. D.C. 216
  • 1953 U.S. App. LEXIS 3076

How courts have described this case

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  • directed verdict proper where opening statement discloses that plaintiff has failed to allege a theory of recovery recognized in this jurisdiction
  • directed verdict proper where opening statement discloses that plaintiff has failed to allege a theory of recovery recognized in this jurisdiction
  • “When Mr. Firfer left that portion of the Monument grounds which is set aside for the public, he exceeded the scope of his license and became a trespasser[.]”
  • “licensee by invitation” is one “invited upon the land ... by some affirmative act or by appearances which would justify a reasonable person in believing that such landowner (or occupant) had given his consent to the entry of the particular person or of the public generally”
  • adopting definition of § 329

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Judges: Clark, Proctor, Bazelon

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