Calvert v. Terminal Taxicab Co.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Hearing on an appeal by tbe plaintiff from a judgment of tbe Supreme Court of the District of Columbia in an action by a husband to recover damages for tbe death of bis wife. Tbe facts are stated in tbe opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Smyth
delivered tbe opinion of tbe Court:
This was an action by tbe appellant, William B. Calvert, as administrator of tbe estate of bis deceased wife, Pearl J. Calvert, to recover damages resulting to him by reason of bis wife’s death through tbe negligence, as be alleges, of tbe appellee, the Terminal Taxicab Company. Tbe wife died intestate, leaving surviving her a father and mother as well as her husband, but no children or descendants of children. Tbe court instructed tbe jury to return a verdict for tbe defendant on tbe ground that tbe statute did not give a husband a right to recover damages…
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- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. TownsendSupreme Court of Kansas · 1905
- Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. BaddeleyIllinois Supreme Court · 1894
- Bechtel v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Joplin & P. Ry. Co. v. PayneCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1912
- Hibbard v. OdellWisconsin Supreme Court · 1863
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