County Commissioners of Harford v. Hamilton
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Harford County. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. ..Exception. — The evidence being closed on both sides, the plaintiff offered the three following prayers: 1. If the jury find from the evidence, that the road mentioned in the declaration was a public road of Harford County, and was in had condition, and not mended and repaired, and that in consequence of such condition of the road, the plaintiff’s son, named in the…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Harford County. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. ..Exception. — The evidence being closed on both sides, the plaintiff offered the three following prayers: 1. If the jury find from the evidence, that the road mentioned in the declaration was a public road of Harford County, and was in had condition, and not mended and repaired, and that in consequence of such condition of the road, the plaintiff’s son, named in the declaration, was injured whilst travelling with proper care and caution on said road, and that at the time of said injury, he was,…
1Opinion of the CourtMiller, J.
This suit was brought by the mother of a minor child whose father had died before the injury complained of. The declaration charges that the defendants were bound to keep the public roads of the county in repair, that one of said roads was negligently suffered by them to be out of repair, whereby George H. Hamilton, the minor son of the plaintiff, in travelling over the same with due care, was hurt and injured, that the father, of said George is dead and the plaintiff, his mother, was and is entitled to his services, and by reason of said negligence of the defendants, and the hurt and injury…
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