· 2/5/1964
May v. Washington, Virginia and Maryland Coach Co.
Citations
- 197 A.2d 267
- 1964 D.C. App. LEXIS 193
How courts have described this case
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- holding that court must instruct on defendant’s burden of proof “in every case where the question of contributory negligence is submitted to the jury” and that “its omission constitutes prejudicial error”
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Judges: Hood, Quinn, Myers
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