HEINECKE v. WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH CO.

No. 2428.

156 A.2d 143 (1959)

Leonard HEINECKE, Appellant, v. WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH CO., a corporation, Appellee.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided December 3, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert H. Symonds, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Dale D. Drain, Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before ROVER, Chief Judge, QUINN, Associate Judge, and CAYTON (Chief Judge, Retired) sitting by designation under Code, § 11-776(b).


ROVER, Chief Judge.

A jury denied plaintiff recovery in his suit for injuries against Western Union. The sole error assigned in this appeal is the trial court's refusal to give an instruction on the doctrine of last clear chance.

Plaintiff alleged in his complaint that he was struck by a Western Union messenger on a bicycle while crossing the street. His testimony tended to establish that after getting off a streetcar at a loading platform he checked the oncoming...

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