Rockwell v. Capital Traction Co.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Hearing on an appeal by the plaintiff from a judgment of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia upon a verdict directed by the court in an action to recover damages for personal injuries.
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Hearing on an appeal by the plaintiff from a judgment of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia upon a verdict directed by the court in an action to recover damages for personal injuries. The Court in the opinion stated the case as follows: This is an action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by Ida I. Rockwell while a passenger on the cars of defendant, November 15, 1898. The declaration was filed May 23,. 1900. In addition to the general issue, defendant pleaded a release executed by plaintiff and her husband, under seal of November 23, 1898, wherein, for the sum of…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Shepard
1. A preliminary question arises on the objection of the defendant to the consideration of the error assigned on the action of the court in directing the verdict, on the ground that the bill of exceptions does not purport to set out all of the evidence. It is well established that, in order to warrant an appellate court in determining whether there was error in giving or refusing an instruction to return a verdict, the bill of exceptions must show that all of the evidence has been set forth. United States v. Copper Queen Consol. Min. Co. 185 U. S. 495, 497, 46 L. ed. 1008, 1010, 22 Sup. Ct.…
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