Hetzel v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE COURT OP. APPEALS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hablan
delivered th§ opinion of the court.
This action was brought by the plaintiff in error to recover damages alleged to have been sustained in consequence of the unlawful, obstruction by the defendant in error of D street in the city of Washington.
The jury having been instructed that the plaintiff could not recover anything more than nominal damages, returned a verdict for one cent; and for that amount judgment was entered in her favor, but.without costs. And that judgment was affirmed in the Court of Appeals of the District.
The declaration alleged that the plaintiff was seized in fee of a certain…
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