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RICHMOND, FREDERICKSBURG & POTOMAC RAILROAD COMPANY v. RULE

No. 13815.

248 F.2d 756 (1957)

RICHMOND, FREDERICKSBURG & POTOMAC RAILROAD COMPANY, Appellant, v. Leontine RULE, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided October 17, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William B. Jones, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. George E. Hamilton, III, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Arthur L. Willcher, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Bernard Shankman, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee.

Before EDGERTON, Chief Judge, and DANAHER and BASTIAN, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

The defendant appeals from a judgment for the plaintiff in a suit for personal injuries suffered while the plaintiff was a passenger on the defendant's train in Virginia. The court charged the jury that "As a common carrier the defendant railroad company was required by law to use the highest degree of care for the safe carrying of plaintiff as a passenger. This highest degree of care which the law places upon a common carrier does not make the common...

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