District of Columbia v. Caton
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Hearing on an appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, on verdict, in an action for damages for personal injuries. The Court in the opinion stated the facts as follows: This appeal is from a judgment in favor of appellee, Joseph C. Catón, hereafter referred to as plaintiff, in the supreme court of the District of Columbia in a suit to recover damages for personal injuries sustained on one of the streets of the city of Washington.
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Hearing on an appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, on verdict, in an action for damages for personal injuries. The Court in the opinion stated the facts as follows: This appeal is from a judgment in favor of appellee, Joseph C. Catón, hereafter referred to as plaintiff, in the supreme court of the District of Columbia in a suit to recover damages for personal injuries sustained on one of the streets of the city of Washington. It appears that plaintiff was driving a team attached to a wagon at a rapid gait down a hill or steep grade on the street in question…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Yan Orsdeb
The chief error assigned consists in the refusal of the court, at the conclusion of tho taking of the testimony, to grant the request of defendants for an instructed verdict, “on the ground that the condition complained of in the declaration was part of a. plan or design adopted by the railroad company with the approval of the District of Columbia; and that the municipality was not liable for injury due to inadequacy of a plan or device.” ^Exception was reserved by each of the defendants.
By reference to the acts of Congress affecting the construction of the street railway in question, we find…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Barnes v. District of ColumbiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- District of Columbia v. WoodburySupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Johnston v. District of ColumbiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Loewer v. City of SedaliaSupreme Court of Missouri · 1883
- Seibert v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1905
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- District of Columbia v. FreemanDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1984
- Charles B. Elgin, Sr., Individually and as Next Friend of John Elgin, a Minor v. District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1964
- Wagshal v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1966
- Eva C. Booth v. District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1956
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