Smith v. Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington R.

This is a suit by the appellant against the appellee to recover damages for alleged personal injuries sustained by him while in the employ of the appellee corporation as a carpenter in the repair of certain freight cars near the City of Wilmington, Delaware.

The suit was instituted in the Circuit Court of Cecil Comity, and resulted in a verdict and judgment in favor of the defendant. At the trial of the case, the Court below, upon the conclusion of the plaintiff’s testimony, granted the defendant’s prayers, which practically withdrew the case from the consideration' of the jury. They were as…