Seymoure v. Director General of Railroads

ROBB, Associate Justice.

Appeal from a judgment in the Supreme Court of the District upon a directed verdict for the defendant at the close of plaintiff’s evidence, in an action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff as the result of an assault upon him by a special officer employed by the -Southern Railway Company. The facts, as disclosed by plaintiff’s evidence, are to the following effect :

Plaintiff was employed by the Union News Company to vend magazines, fruit, and candy on trains. His run, at the time of the occurrence giving rise to this action, was from…