Chesapeake Beach Railway Co. v. Brez
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Hearing on an appeal from a judgment entered by the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia on a verdict rendered by a jury against the appellants in an action to recover damages for the accidental killing of the appellee’s intestate. The Court in the opinion stated the facts as follows: On August 12, 1908, Coleman Brez was killed while riding as a passenger on a scenic railway at 'Chesapeake Beach, in Calvert county, Maryland.
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Hearing on an appeal from a judgment entered by the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia on a verdict rendered by a jury against the appellants in an action to recover damages for the accidental killing of the appellee’s intestate. The Court in the opinion stated the facts as follows: On August 12, 1908, Coleman Brez was killed while riding as a passenger on a scenic railway at 'Chesapeake Beach, in Calvert county, Maryland. He was forty-six years of age, and died intestate, leaving a widow, Nay Brez, and six children, the youngest of whom was a daughter twelve years of age. The estate…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Shepard
The fundamental questions presented by the record arise on *69assignments of error relating to exceptions taken to tbe refusal of the court to direct a verdict for the defendants.
1. Assuming, for the time being, that both defendant corporations are responsible for the operation of the cars on the scenic railway, the first question is whether there was sufficient evidence to warrant the submission of the issue of negligence to the jury. “The provinces of the court and jury in the Federal judiciary system are separate and distinct, and the line of division between them must be carefully observed.…
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