Capital Traction Co. v. Vawter
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Heading on an appeal by one of two defendants from a judgment of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, on verdict, in an action to recover damages for personal injuries.
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Heading on an appeal by one of two defendants from a judgment of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, on verdict, in an action to recover damages for personal injuries. The Court in the opinion stated the facts as follows: Appellee, Sarah Vawter, plaintiff below, filed a suit in the supreme court of the District of Columbia against the appellant, the Capital Traction Company, and the Metropolitan Coach Company, to recover damages for personal injuries sustained while a passenger on one of the coaches of the latter company. The accident occurred in a collision between one of the cars…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Van Orsdel
The sole question presented is one of law,—whether or not the court erred in permitting two separate and distinct verdicts to be rendered by the jury and be made of record in the same cause, neither of which verdicts, it is contended, comprised all of the issues involved in the trial of said cause. It is urged that by this action the court prejudiced the rights of the co-defendant, Capital Traction Company, in that the direction of the verdict in favor of the coach company was the equiva*33lent of the direction of a verdict against the appellant company.
The right of the court to direct a…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Castle v. BullardSupreme Court of the United States · 1860
- Patterson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1817
- Wiest v. Electric Traction Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1901
- Little Schuylkill Navigation, Railroad & Coal Co. v. Richards's AdministratorSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1868
- Jenkins v. ParkhillIndiana Supreme Court · 1865
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