MELLON v. SEYMOURE

No. 4397.

12 F.2d 836 (1926)

MELLON, Director General of Railroads, etc., v. SEYMOURE.

Court of Appeals of District of Columbia.

Decided May 3, 1926.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. E. Hamilton, J. J. Hamilton, G. E. Hamilton, Jr., Edmund Brady, and H. R. Gower, all of Washington, D. C., for appellant.

E. L. Newmeyer and M. W. King, both of Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before MARTIN, Chief Justice, and ROBB and VAN ORSDEL, Associate Justices.


ROBB, Associate Justice.

Appeal from a judgment for the plaintiff, appellee here, after verdict in the Supreme Court of the District, in an action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff through an assault upon him by a special officer employed by the Southern Railway Company. At a former trial a verdict was directed for the defendant, at the close of plaintiff's evidence, on the theory that the special officer was not acting within the...

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