SMITH v. D.C. TRANSIT SYSTEM, INC.

No. 2368.

153 A.2d 658 (1959)

O. C. SMITH, Appellant, v. D. C. TRANSIT SYSTEM, INC., Appellee.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided July 28, 1959.

Rehearing Denied August 21, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William R. Scannell, Washington, D. C., with whom Albert J. Ahern, Jr., Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

John P. Arness, Washington, D. C., with whom John J. Ross, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee.

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


HOOD, Associate Judge.

Appellant sued the Transit System for personal injuries and property damage alleged to have resulted from an intersection collision between a Transit bus and appellant's automobile which he was driving. At the close of his evidence the trial court directed a verdict in favor of the Transit System. Appellant says this was error.

In directing the verdict the trial court made certain findings of fact. This, of course, was error, because...

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