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BYRD v. SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY

No. 3462.

203 A.2d 37 (1964)

Lucille BYRD and James D. Byrd, Appellants, v. SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 7, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry H. Brylawski, Washington, D. C., for appellants.

Stephen A. Trimble, Washington, D. C., with whom Thomas A. Flannery and Hamilton & Hamilton, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

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

HOOD, Chief Judge:

Mrs. Byrd, hereafter called appellant, a resident of near-by Maryland, purchased a round-trip ticket between Washington, D. C., and Chattanooga, Tennessee, from the Southern Railway Company at its District of Columbia ticket office. On the return trip, somewhere between Bristol and Roanoke, Virginia, appellant was injured when the train lurched and threw her to the floor. The train while traveling between Bristol and Roanoke was operated over the...

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