Capital Traction Co. v. Copland
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
IIeabteto on an appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court of the 'District of Columbia, on verdict, in an action to recover damages for personal injuries. The facts are stated in the opinion. Alcott v. Public Service Corp. —N. J. —, 32 L.R.A. (N.S.) 1101; Aldridge v. Pelham, 1 Gray, 510; Aurora v. Brown, 12 111. App. 122; Baltimore cG O. li. Co. v. Miller, 37 App.
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IIeabteto on an appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court of the 'District of Columbia, on verdict, in an action to recover damages for personal injuries. The facts are stated in the opinion. Alcott v. Public Service Corp. —N. J. —, 32 L.R.A. (N.S.) 1101; Aldridge v. Pelham, 1 Gray, 510; Aurora v. Brown, 12 111. App. 122; Baltimore cG O. li. Co. v. Miller, 37 App. D. C. 218; Brady v. Manhattan 11. Co. 127 N. Y. 46, 27 N. E. 368; Branch v. Libbey, 78 Me. 321, 57 Am. Rep. 810, 5 Atl. 71^ Bremner v. Neiv Castle, 83 Me. -415 ; Chapman v. Capital Traction Co. 37 App. D. O. 479;…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Smytii
The appellant, Capital Traction Company, defendant below, complains of a judgment rendered against it in an action bottomed on negligence resulting in an injury , to the appellee, Henry F. Copland, one of its passengers, while he was riding-on one of appellant’s cars along- Calvert street, near the westerly end of the Rock creek bridge in this city. During a conversation with a fellow passenger, the plaintiff inadvertently made a gesture which carried his hand through the bars of an open window at his elbow and into contact with the collar of a pole standing near the track. The collar was 8…
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