WASHINGTON RY. & ELEC. CO. v. SCALA

No. 826.

244 U.S. 630 (1917)

WASHINGTON RAILWAY & ELECTRIC COMPANY v. SCALA, ADMINISTRATRIX OF SCALA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 11, 1917.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John S. Barbour, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Daniel W. O'Donoghue, with whom Mr. Arthur A. Alexander was on the briefs, for the defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE CLARKE delivered the opinion of the court.

This case is before us on writ of error to the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia, and we shall refer to the parties as they appeared in the trial court, the defendant in error as plaintiff and the plaintiff in error as defendant.

On July 8, 1913, the plaintiff's decedent was a conductor in the employ of the defendant, a common carrier of passengers...

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