Mellon v. Seymoure

ROBB, Associate Justice.

Appeal from a judgment for the plaintiff, appellee here, after verdict in the Supreme Court of the District, in an action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff through an assault upon him by a special officer employed by the Southern Railway Company. At a former trial a verdict was directed for the defendant, at the close of plaintiff’s evidence, on the theory that the special officer was not acting within the scope of his authority at the time of the assault. An appeal was taken to this court, and we held that it was a question for the…