Dashiell v. Washington Market Co.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Hearing on an appeal by the plaintiff from a judgment on a verdict directed by the trial court in an action to recover damages. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Morris
This is a suit for damages for the alleged negligence of the appellee, the Washington Market Company, in causing the death of the appellant’s intestate, Albert R. Sakers. The case was determined in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia by a peremptory instruction to the jury to render *85a verdict tor the defendant on the ground that the accident which caused the death was due to the negligence of the deceased himself; and from this ruling the plaintiff has prosecuted the present appeal.
The substantial facts, as developed by the record, would appear to be these: The appellee, the…
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