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WASHINGTON & GEORGETOWN R'D v. HICKEY

No. 253.

166 U.S. 521 (1897)

WASHINGTON AND GEORGETOWN RAILROAD COMPANY v. HICKEY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 19, 1897.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Samuel Maddox for the Baltimore & Potomac Railroad Company.

Mr. M.J. Colbert and Mr. G.E. Hamilton for defendants in error.

Mr. Walter D. Davidge for the Washington & Georgetown Railroad Company. Mr. Walter D. Davidge, Jr., was on his brief.

MR. JUSTICE PECKHAM delivered the opinion of the court.

This action was brought by the defendants in error, who are husband and wife, to recover from the defendants (the one being a horse car company and the other a steam railroad company) damages for personal injuries sustained by the wife on account of the alleged negligence of the servants of the defendants. The facts of the negligence were alleged in the declaration, and each defendant filed a plea of not guilty...

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