Legal Opinion
Griffith v. Pullman Co.
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided January 18, 1923PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBriscoe, J.
The plaintiff brought this suit against the defendant in the Superior Court of Baltimore City, to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant in failing to furnish her, as a passenger, with a safe ladder, or other means of getting into a sleeping berth in a Pullman car, constituting a part of a train of the Seaboard Air Line1, coming from 3fiami, Florida, to Baltimore City.
The declaration is in the usual form in negligence cases, and in substance avers that the defendant is a corporation engaged in furnishing sleeping compartments to…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Benedick v. PottsCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1898
- Parrot v. Wells, Fargo & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1873
- Dashiell v. GriffithCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1896
- Vonderhorst Brewing Co. v. AmrhineCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1904
- Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. State ex rel. SavingtonCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1889
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Empire State Insurance Co. of Watertown v. GuerrieroCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1949
- Tittlebaum v. Pennsylvania RailroadCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1934
- Reed v. Mayor of BaltimoreCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1936
- Smith v. Hercules CompanyCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1954
- Fontaine v. FollettSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1931