Washington & Georgetown Railroad v. Harmon's Administrator

Citations

• 147 U.S. 571
• 13 S. Ct. 557
• 37 L. Ed. 284
• 1893 U.S. LEXIS 2186

Syllabus

<p>In an action against a common carrier to recover damages for personal injuries, if the facts relating to contributory negligence are disputed, that question should be submitted to the jury; and, if the jury find for the plaintiff, the court is not required, in the exercise of judicial discretion, to set the verdict aside.</p> <p>A railway company being bound to deliver a passenger, its failure to stop long enough to enable him to alight with safety is a neglect of duty which involves liability for injuries resulting therefrom.</p> <p>When the evidence justifies a finding that future damages will result from an accident to a passenger caused by the negligence of a common carrier, the jury may estimate and include such damages in their verdiqt.</p> <p>In the District of Columbia a judgment in an action of tort does not bear Interest.</p> <p>In this case the only error being in an allowance of interest, the court orders the judgment to be affirmed if the interest be remitted; otherwise to be reversed for that error. '</p>