by John Marshall Harlan, City Suburban Railway of Washington v…
“ But we deem it unnecessary to extend this opinion by a review of those authorities; for, even if the court of appeals erred in its application of that maxim,-and we express no opinion upon that point,-the judgment should not be reversed, since, as we have seen, the record before us does not show that the trial court committed any error to the substantial prejudice of the defendant. ”
by John Marshall Harlan, City Suburban Railway of Washington v…
“ It is assigned for error that the trial court refused to grant the following instruction asked by the defendant: 'The jury are instructed that under the evidence in this ease they cannot find any negligence on the part of the conductor of the car, and unless they shall find from the evidence that the motorman was guilty of negligence which caused the accident to plaintiff, they should find for the defendant ”
