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WASHINGTON & GEORGETOWN R'D CO. v. HARMON'S ADMINISTRATOR

No. 116.

147 U.S. 571 (1893)

13 S.Ct. 557

37 L.Ed. 284

WASHINGTON AND GEORGETOWN RAILROAD COMPANY v. HARMON'S ADMINISTRATOR.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 6, 1893.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Walter D. Davidge and Mr. Enoch Totten for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. W.A. Cook and Mr. W.L. Cole, (with whom was Mr. C.C. Cole on the brief,) for defendant in error.

Mr. Luther H. Pike and Mr. A. St. C. Denver also filed a brief for defendant in error.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

It is contended that it was error to leave the question of contributory negligence to the jury. We do not think so. This was not a case where the facts were undisputed, and where but one reasonable inference could be drawn from them. The court was not obliged, in the exercise of a sound judicial discretion, to set aside the verdict because...

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