Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. State Ex Rel. Black

This is an action brought in the Circuit Court for Freder ick County in the name of the State for the use of the widow and children of Henry S. Black, against the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Co., for the alleged negligent killing of said Henry S. Black. The case was removed for trial to the Circuit Court for Washington County where a verdict was rendered by a jury in favor of the equitable plaintiffs for the sum of $9,249, proportioned by the jury under the statute, in their discretion, among the equitable plaintiffs. Judgment was entered upon this verdict, and from that judgment this appeal…