Flynn v. Canton Co.
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas. The ease is stated in the opinion of the Court. Exception.—The plaintiff offered the fallowing prayers : 1. If the jury find from the evidence, that the defendant, on or about the 27th day of February, 1873, was, through its servants or agents, in possession of the premises known as the Canton Market, in the City of Baltimore, under a lease from the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, and that appurtenant to said market on the front or…
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Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas. The ease is stated in the opinion of the Court. Exception.—The plaintiff offered the fallowing prayers : 1. If the jury find from the evidence, that the defendant, on or about the 27th day of February, 1873, was, through its servants or agents, in possession of the premises known as the Canton Market, in the City of Baltimore, under a lease from the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, and that appurtenant to said market on the front or side thereof, there is a pavement of public footway, and shall further find that said defendant while so possessed as…
1Opinion of the CourtMiller, J.
This is an action on the case by the appellant against the appellees, to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff, in consequence of slipping and falling upon ice covering the pavement of a public street in the city of Baltimore, in front of premises occupied by the defendants.
The proof shows that the plaintiff while on her way to church, on the morning of the 27th of February, 1873, slipped and fell upon a sheet of ice on the pavement or sidewalk of Q’Tlonnell street, and by the fall, her right *318arm was broken and permanently disabled; that she was walking at the time…
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