Washington, Alexandria & Mt. Vernon Railway Co. v. Downey
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. Thf facts, which involve the jurisdiction of this court of writs of error to review judgments of the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice White
The plaintiff in error, a Virginia corporation whom we shall speak of as the Company, operates a trolley line from Washington to Mt. Vernon in Virginia. The defendant in error, Downey, was employed by the Company as a trolley man and on November 29, 1907, was working on a train of two cars, a motor car and a trailer car, moving from Mt. Vernon to Washington. Downey was on the rear platform of the motor car and his duty was to hold the rope. connecting with the overhead trolley wheel to keep it from getting off the wire and thus breaking the electrical connection. While in the District of…
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