PEIGH v. BALTIMORE & O. R. CO.

No. 11119.

204 F.2d 391 (1953)

PEIGH et al. v. BALTIMORE & O. R. CO.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided April 9, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Douglas A. Clark, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Charles H. Quimby, Washington D. C., was on the brief, for appellants.

Mr. Stephen Ailes, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Henry C. Ikenberry, Jr., Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee.

Before CLARK, WILBUR K. MILLER and WASHINGTON, Circuit Judges.


WASHINGTON, Circuit Judge.

This is a negligence case, arising out of the collision of a moving automobile occupied by plaintiffs-appellants with a boxcar standing parked on defendant-appellee's railroad tracks running along K Street, N. W., in the industrial part of Georgetown in the District of Columbia. The issue raised on appeal is whether the trial court erred in directing a verdict for defendant, after the evidence for both sides was in. It held that as a matter...

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