Baltimore & O. R. Co. v. Papa

This is an appeal from a judgment entered on the verdict of a jury in a personal injury case. The injury occurred while plaintiff (appellee) was attempting to cross from the south to the north side of K Street, N. W., between 30th and 31st Streets, in the City of Washington. At the point in question, the river section of Georgetown, K Street is a busy thoroughfare, in the middle of which defendant (appellant) maintains a double track railway, with numerous sidings leading- into industrial enterprises facing on the south side and extending to the Potomac River. Freight trains use the tracks…