SISSON v. SOUTHERN RY. CO.

No. 5831.

68 F.2d 403 (1933)

SISSON v. SOUTHERN RY. CO.

Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia.

Decided December 4, 1933.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dan F. Reynolds and Harrison Brand, Jr., both of Washington, D. C., for appellant.

George E. Hamilton, John J. Hamilton, George E. Hamilton, Jr., and Henry R. Gower, all of Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before MARTIN, Chief Justice, and ROBB, HITZ, and GRONER, Associate Justices.


GRONER, Associate Justice.

On the trial of this case at the conclusion of all the evidence the lower court directed a verdict for defendant. The action was brought to recover for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff when an automobile he was driving collided with a freight car, which, as a part of a standing train of defendant, was obstructing a public highway near the town of Manassas in Virginia.

The declaration charged that it was the duty of the railway...

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