President & Directors of Georgetown College v. Hughes
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
RUTLEDGE, Associate Justice.
The appeal brings here for the first time the question whether a charitable corporation is liable for injury negligently caused by an employee acting in the course of duty. Issues of negligence and contributory negligence also are raised.
The plaintiff had judgment on a verdict, with special interrogatories. Defendant’s motions for a directed verdict and to set aside the verdict were denied. The trial court’s opinion, filed at the time of judgment, is reported in 1940, 33 F.Supp. 867. We affirm the judgment.
The court is in agreement concerning the issues of…
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