Case Name: Charles W. Hellen vs. The Metropolitan Railroad Co.
Court: Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: District of Columbia
Decision Date: 1885-11-23
Citations: 4 Mackey 519
Docket Number: Law. No. 23,690
Parties: Charles W. Hellen vs. The Metropolitan Railroad Co.
Judges: The Chief Justice and Justice Merrick sitting.
Reporter: Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (District of Columbia - reported by Mackey)
Volume: 15
Pages: 519–519

Head Matter:
Charles W. Hellen vs. The Metropolitan Railroad Co.
Law. No. 23,690.
Decided November 23, 1885.
The Chief Justice and Justice Merrick sitting.
A judgment founded in tort bears interest in the District of Columbia from the date of rendition.
Action in tort for injury to plaintiff by being run over by one of defendant’s cars.
February 28,1884. Judgment on verdict for $1,500, with interest from date of rendition.
Defendants having objected to the allowance of interest upon the ground that judgments in tort do not hear interest in this District, the question was referred to the Gfeneral Term to he heard in the first instance.
T. A. Lambert for plaintiff cited section 966 R. S. U. S. and sections 713 and 1007 R. S. D. C.; Fifth Baptist Church vs. Baltimore & Potomac R. R. Co., 2 Mackey, 458; Hetzel vs. Baltimore & Ohio R. R. Co., 3 Mackey, 495.
Nathaniel Wilson for defendant.

Opinion:
By the Court:
We do not doubt that judgments founded in tort, like those based on actions ex contractu, bear interest in this jurisdiction from the date of rendition. The objection is therefore overruled.