McAllister v. Peoples Railway Co.
Superior Court of Delaware
Action on the case to recover damages for personal injuries. Counsel for plaintiff, previous to the trial of the above stated cause, stated that they wished to procure a certain pension certificate, to be used by the plaintiff to refresh his memory, from the custodian of the same in the Pension Office at Washington, D. C., but that the pension officer refused to surrender the paper without the written request of the Court trying the case.
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Action on the case to recover damages for personal injuries. Counsel for plaintiff, previous to the trial of the above stated cause, stated that they wished to procure a certain pension certificate, to be used by the plaintiff to refresh his memory, from the custodian of the same in the Pension Office at Washington, D. C., but that the pension officer refused to surrender the paper without the written request of the Court trying the case. That the facts had been embodied in a duly attestéd petition, upon which the Court was requested to sign an order authorizing Daniel O. Hastings, Esquire,…
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curian:
Application refused.
Boyce,., J.,
charging the jury:
Gentlemen of the jury:—This action was brought by the plaintiff to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by him by reason of the negligence of the defendant company.
It is claimed by the plaintiff that he was, on the thirtieth day of May, 1901, a passenger on car No. 12 of the defendant company, which was then being propelled by electricity, in a westerly direction, along the track of the defendant, on Sixth street, in this city; that at the same time cars Nos. 16 and 5, of the defendant company, and in…
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