Legal Opinion
Wright v. Capital Transit Co.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided December 17, 1943No. 131PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RICHARDSON, Chief Judge.
Appellant sued Capital Transit Company for damage to his trailer-truck resulting from a collision with defendant’s street car. A verdict for defendant was directed by the court at the conclusion of plaintiff’s case on the ground that plaintiff was guilty of contributory negligence, and that he had failed to prove damage. Judgment was entered on this verdict and plaintiff has appealed.
The collision occurred at a point on Independence Avenue where Truck Route No. 1 (north), after paralleling the street car tracks on that Avenue in a due east direction, turns obliquely…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Gunning v. CooleySupreme Court of the United States · 1930
- Tobin v. Pennsylvania R. Co.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1938
- Byalos v. MathesonIllinois Supreme Court · 1927
- Travis v. EisenlordMichigan Supreme Court · 1931
- Bailey v. FordCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1927
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Eureka Investment Corporation, N v. V. Chicago Title Insurance Company, Chicago Title Insurance Company v. Eureka Investment Corporation, N v. Eureka Investment Corporation, N v. V. Chicago Title Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1984
- Reading v. FauconDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1957
- Cox v. Pennsylvania Railroad CompanyDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1956
- Carter v. SingletonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1966
- Knox v. AkowskeyDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1955
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