Legal Opinion
Landfair v. Capital Transit Co.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided January 12, 1948No. 9578PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLARK, Associate Justice.
The appellant, Mrs. Altha Marie Land-fair, sued the appellee, Capital Transit Company, in the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia to recover damages sustained when the automobile she was driving was struck by a streetcar. She appeals from a judgment entered on a directed verdict in favor of the appellee, on the ground that the trial court erred in granting a binding instruction to the jury to find for the defendant (appellee).
The facts giving rise to the suit follow. In the early evening of August 19, 1944, appellant was driving an…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Railroad Company v. HoustonSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- Miller v. Union Pacific R. Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1933
- Northern Pacific Railroad v. FreemanSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
- Chunn v. City & Suburban R. Co. of WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
- Dean v. Century Motors, Inc.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1946
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Betty Joe Bowman v. Redding & Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1971
- Shu v. BasingerDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1948
- Phillips v. D. C. Transit System, Inc.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1964
- Grant v. WilliamsDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1953
- Fitzpatrick v. FowlerCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1948
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