District of Columbia Court of Appeals January 3, 1887, No. 24,593 (Gleeson v. Virginia Midland R.)

Mr. Justice Cox

delivered the opinion of the court.

This was an action to recover damages for an injury sustained by the plaintiff on the cars of the defendant, under the following circumstances: The plaintiff was a postal clerk in the service of the United States Post-Office De*360partment, and was, at the time of the occurrences hereafter mentioned, head clerk on one of the postal cars of the