Legal Opinion
Evans v. Capital Transit Co.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided November 22, 1944No. 213PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RICHARDSON, Chief Judge.
Appellant, plaintiff below, was injured by contact with the side of appellee’s streetcar while he was on a loading platform. After a jury trial there was a verdict and judgment for the defendant.
Plaintiff had crossed from the north sidewalk of U Street at 11th Street, N. W., to the east end of the car loading platform, intending to board a west bound streetcar. He looked but saw no streetcar approaching. Reaching the platform he walked along its south side toward the west end where cars usually stop to receive passengers. Half-way of the platform defendant’s car passed…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Kelly v. JacksonSupreme Court of the United States · 1832
- Thomas v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1941
- Chunn v. City & Suburban R. Co. of WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
- Northwestern Life Insurance v. Muskegon BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- McCartney v. HolmquistDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1939
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Lacy v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1980
- Weinberg v. JohnsonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1986
- Ager v. Baltimore Transit Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1957
- Wingfield v. Peoples Drug Store, Inc.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1977
- Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority v. JonesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1982
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