Sheridan v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad

The appellant sued the appellee in the Court of Common Pleas of Baltimore City for damages for crushing his foot between two cars of a freight train. In the trial of the case below the Court, at the close of the plaintiff’s evidence, granted the defendant’s prayer directing the jury to render a verdict in its favor because of contributory negligence on the part of the plaintiff. From the judgment entered on the verdict so rendered the plaintiff appealed.

There is but one bill of exceptions in the record and that is based upon the Court’s action in granting the prayer holding that the…