Moore v. Pywell
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Hearing on an appeal by tbe plaintiff from a judgment of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia in an action by an administrator to recover damages for the death of his intestate resulting from the alleged negligent act of the defendant.
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Hearing on an appeal by tbe plaintiff from a judgment of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia in an action by an administrator to recover damages for the death of his intestate resulting from the alleged negligent act of the defendant. The Court in the opinion stated the facts as follows: George W. Moore, administrator of the intestate, James M. Moore, sued Robert T. Pywell to recover damages for the death of the intestate, caused by the alleged negligence of the defendant, who erroneously filled a prescription for the intestate, who took the medicine and died in consequence. At the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McComas
There are two assignments of error. We decide upon the first in favor of the appellant, and therefore need not discuss the second.
We think the court below erred in directing the jury, upon the case as presented by the pleadings and evidence, to return a verdict for the defendant, the appellee here, and that the-court should have followed the rule of the Supreme Court concerning statutes authorizing an action for death by wrongful act, and that court’s interpretation of our own statutes, chapter-45 of the District Code, and of the Maryland statutes mentioned.
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