Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad v. Howard
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 upon the verdict of a jury, in an action to recover damages for a personal injury. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shepard
1. This action was begun by Laura P. Howard and husband in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, on November 12,1887, to recover damages for injuries received by her, as alleged, whilst being carried as a passenger on defendant’s railway. The injury occurred at a station called Soldier in the State of Kentucky, on November 18,1886.
The first trial below resulted in a judgment for the defendant, the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company, the jury having been charged to return a verdict because there was not sufficient evidence to show that the railway line on which the accident occurred…
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