Legal Opinion
Capital Transit Co. v. Crusade
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided July 12, 1949No. 816PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLAGETT, Associate Judge.
This appeal, representing the second time the case has been before this court, involves the distinction between the function of a trial judge in considering a motion for judgment notwithstanding a verdict of a jury and his function in considering a motion for a new trial. There is no doubt that such a distinction exists, at least in the federal practice which governs us here. The distinction has not been followed in the present case, with the result that a second reversal of the trial court’s action is necessary.1
*208The suit arose as a negligence action by a passenger on…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Gunning v. CooleySupreme Court of the United States · 1930
- ætna Casualty & Surety Co. v. YeattsCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1941
- Felton v. SpiroCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1897
- Mt. Adams & E. P. Inclined Ry. Co. v. LoweryCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1896
- Garrison v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1932
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Rich v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1979
- Lyons v. BarrazottoDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1995
- Quick v. ParegolDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1949
- Myles v. PolinDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2009