United States Electric Lighting Co. v. Sullivan
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Hearing on an appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia on the verdict of a jury in an action to recover damages for the negligent killing of the plaintiff’s intestate.
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Hearing on an appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia on the verdict of a jury in an action to recover damages for the negligent killing of the plaintiff’s intestate. The Court in the opinion stated the case as follows: This is an appeal from a judgment in the sum of $1,500 recovered against the United States Electric Lighting Company by Nellie Sullivan, as administratrix of the estate of Michael Hurley, deceased, in an action, under the statute, for damages sustained through the negligent killing of said Hurley on September 19, 1900. Michael…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shepard
1. This action was began under the act oí Congress approved February 17, 1885 (23 Stat. at L. 307) chap. 126, D.- C., Code §§ 1301, 1302, 1303; § 1 of which (Code § 1301) provides: *129“that, whenever by an injury done or happening within the limits of the District of Columbia, the death of a person shall be caused by the wrongful act, neglect, or default of any person or corporation, and the act, neglect, or default is such as would, if death had not ensued, have entitled the party injured, or, if the person injured be a married woman, have entitled her husband, either separately or by joining…
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