Metropolitan Railroad v. Moore
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OE THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. This ivas an action at law, brought by the defendant in error, in the Supreme Court in the District of Columbia, against the plaintiff in error, to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant’s servants in the management of its cars while runr ning upon a street railroad in the city of Washington.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OE THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. This ivas an action at law, brought by the defendant in error, in the Supreme Court in the District of Columbia, against the plaintiff in error, to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant’s servants in the management of its cars while runr ning upon a street railroad in the city of Washington. On the trial of the cause, and after the testimony for the plaintiff ivas closed, the defendant asked the court to instruct the jury that, upon the testimony offered in behalf of the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Matthews
court.
The assignment of error relied on, and the only one we find it necessary to consider, is, that the court in general term refused to entertain the appeal from the action of the court at special term, overruling the motion for a new trial, so far as it was based on the ground that the verdict of the jury was against the weight of evidence, because it was not an order from which an appeal lies from the special to the general term, of the court.
The opinion of the court, which is sent up with the record, expressly considers, discusses, and decides all the questions arising on the bills of…
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