Railroad Co. v. Gladmon
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia; the case being this: One of the drivers of the Washington and Georgetown Railway Company — a company chartered by Congress to run cars through streets of the cities of Washington and Georgetown, — was, on a morning of April, 1868, driving a car through a populous portion of the latter place. Some person was standing beside him on the front platform of the car.
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Error to the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia; the case being this: One of the drivers of the Washington and Georgetown Railway Company — a company chartered by Congress to run cars through streets of the cities of Washington and Georgetown, — was, on a morning of April, 1868, driving a car through a populous portion of the latter place. Some person was standing beside him on the front platform of the car. Instead of looking at his horses and before him, he turned his face round and began to talk to this person; thus turning himself so as to look at a right angle to the course in…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hunt
Sufficient proof was given to establish the negligence of the driver of the ear, and no point is raised on that bi’aiich of the case.
The alleged errors arise from refusals to give certain instructions upon the effect of the conduct of the child, and of the charge as actually made on that subject. The-first prayer for instructions is stated in the record in the words following:
“ If the jury find from the evidence that the plaintiff’s injuries resulted from his attempting to cross a street in front of an approaching car, driven by an agent of defendants, the burden of proof is on the plaintiff'…
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