Washington Market Co. v. Clagett
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Hearing on an appeal by the defendants from a judgment entered upon a verdict for the plaintiffs in an action by husband and wife to recover damages for personal injuries to the wife. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Alvey
This was an action instituted by the appellees, Mrs. Emma L. Clagett and Maurice J. Clagett, her husband, against the appellants, the Washington Market Company and Frederick L. Grünewald, surviving partner of the late firm of W. M. Moreland & Company, to recover for personal injuries sustained by the female plaintiff, occasioned, as • it is alleged, by the joint neglect of the defendants, while the plaintiff was attending a market, on December 2d, 1898.
It is alleged, and shown in proof by admission, that the Washington Market Company, at the time of the occurrence of the injury complained of,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Bennett v. Railroad Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1881
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