Murphy v. New York & Cuba Mail S. S. Co.
District Court, District of Columbia
Appeal from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. Two actions, by Josephine Murphy and by Anna V. Dally, against the New York & Cuba Mail Steamship Company. From judgments on directed verdicts for defendant, plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
HITZ, Acting Associate Justice.
These are appeals from judgments of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia upon .verdicts for the defendant, directed by the court at the close of all the evidence. The two cases were consolidated for trial by order of the trial court, and are presented together here by stipulation of counsel.
The plaintiffs below — appellants here — are American citizens and residents of the District of Columbia, who were passengers for hire of the defendant company upon a voyage from New York to Havana, beginning on October 25 and ending on October 29, 1913. The…
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- Morris v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1916
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