Baltimore & Potomac Railroad v. Swann
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Charles County. This was an action to recover damages for an injury alleged to have been sustained by the female plaintiff while a passenger on the defendant’s train. The evidence and the first three prayers of the plaintiffs, which were granted,-are set forth in the opinion of the Court.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Charles County. This was an action to recover damages for an injury alleged to have been sustained by the female plaintiff while a passenger on the defendant’s train. The evidence and the first three prayers of the plaintiffs, which were granted,-are set forth in the opinion of the Court. At the trial the defendant offered the following prayers: ist Prayer. — If the jury shall find that the drag-rope used in shifting the cars of the defendant at Pope’s Creek had been broken or cut in shifting the cars on the afternoon or evening of May ioth, 1893, and that…
1Opinion of the CourtBryan, J.
William T. Swann and Elizabeth, his wife, brought suit against the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Company for bodily injuries sustained by the wife. Verdict and judgment being rendered in their favor, the defendant appealed.
The female plaintiff, about midday on the eleventh day of May, 1893, accompanied by her child ten months old, travelled on the mixed train of the defendant, composed of *407passenger coaches and freight cars, from Pope’s Creek to Cox’s Station, intending to return on the evening of the same day. She purchased a ticket at Cox’s Station for the purpose of taking the passenger…
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