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CAPITAL TRANSIT COMPANY v. BEASLEY

No. 2290.

148 A.2d 577 (1959)

CAPITAL TRANSIT COMPANY, a corporation, Appellant, v. Marion BEASLEY, Appellee.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided February 24, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William T. Clague, Washington, D. C., with whom Swingle & Swingle, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellant.

A. Arvin Lynn, Washington, D. C., with whom Samuel A. Friedman, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee.

Before ROVER, Chief Judge, and HOOD and QUINN, Associate Judges.

HOOD, Associate Judge.

Appellee, while a passenger in one of appellant's streetcars, fell and was injured. She brought this action alleging that her fall was caused by the negligent operation of the streetcar. A jury returned a verdict in her favor and the only question on this appeal is whether her evidence warranted submission of the case to the jury.

Appellee testified that as she proceeded to the rear of the car, it was swaying from side to side, that...

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