Washington Ry. & Electric Co. v. Stuart
District Court, District of Columbia
Appeal from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. Action by George C. Stuart against the Washington Railway & Electric Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
SMYTH, Chief Justice.
This is an action in tort. Stuart sued the street railway company for damages resulting to him from a collision on Connecticut avenue and N street, between one of the company’s cars and his automobile, due, as he alleges, to the negligence of the company. From a judgment in his favor the defendant prosecutes an appeal.
There is testimony that at the time of the accident the car was running “at least 30 miles an hour.” The company did not deny this, but at the completion of the plaintiff’s testimony moved for a peremptory instruction to the jury to return a verdict in its…
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- Tacoma Ry. & Power Co. v. HaysCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1901
- Cincinnati St. Ry. Co. v. WhitcombCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1895
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