Washington & Georgetown Railroad v. McDade
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. This was an action on the case brought in the’ Supreme Court of the District of - Columbia by Lewis H. McDade against the Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company, a District corporation, to recover damages for personal injuries sustained while employed by the company, as a blacksmith, in its shops in Georgetown.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. This was an action on the case brought in the’ Supreme Court of the District of - Columbia by Lewis H. McDade against the Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company, a District corporation, to recover damages for personal injuries sustained while employed by the company, as a blacksmith, in its shops in Georgetown. The injury consisted in the loss of his left arm, which was caught in a belt used to propel a part of the machinery in the company’s shop, and thereby so broken and mangled that it had to be amputa* d near the’ shoulder…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lamae
the court.
A motion was" filed in this case to dismiss the writ of error on the ground that the general term of the court below never acquired jurisdiction-of the case, and that, as a consequence thereof, this court is also without jurisdiction. In-connection with, the motion to dismiss there was also a motion to strike out the bill of exceptions. •
The argument urged by the plaintiff in support of both motions is, that the rules and statutes prescribing the practice and proceedings for the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, in securing the review, in a general term of that court, of a…
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