Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. Rudy
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Allegany County (Hkvdkesov, L). The facts are stated in the opinion of the Court. The following are the prayers of the plaintiff and of the defendant and the action of the Oourt upon .each: Plaintiff's 1st Prayer. — -The plaintiff, by his counsel, prays the Oourt to instruct the jury, that, if they shall find from the evidence that on the 11th day of June, 1911, the plaintiff was a passenger on the defendant’s railway round-trip excursion…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Allegany County (Hkvdkesov, L). The facts are stated in the opinion of the Court. The following are the prayers of the plaintiff and of the defendant and the action of the Oourt upon .each: Plaintiff's 1st Prayer. — -The plaintiff, by his counsel, prays the Oourt to instruct the jury, that, if they shall find from the evidence that on the 11th day of June, 1911, the plaintiff was a passenger on the defendant’s railway round-trip excursion train from Romney, West Virginia, to Washington, D. O'., and return, and that on said train while running from Romney to…
1Opinion of the CourtPearce, J.
This is defendant’s appeal from a judgment rendered against it in the Circuit Court for Allegany County in an action brought by the plaintiff to recover damages for injuries received while a passenger on the defendant’s railroad.
The first question arises upon a demurrer to the declaration, which was overruled.
After stating the relations of the parties on the occasion mentioned to be those of passenger and common carrier, from Washington towards Green Spring, W. Va., the declaration made the following averments: “Several of the passengers on said train, congregated together in several seats in…
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- Stewart v. . Brooklyn and Crosstown R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1882
- Simmons v. New Bedford, Vineyard & Nantucket Steamboat Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1867
- Tall v. Baltimore Steam Packet Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1899
- United Railways & Electric Co. v. State Ex Rel. DeaneCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1901
- Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington Railroad v. AllenCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1905
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