Pittsburg & Connellsville Railroad v. Andrews
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Frederick County. This suit was instituted in the Circuit Court for Allegany County, by the appellee against the appellant, and on the suggestion and affidavit of the latter, it was removed to the Circuit Court for Frederick County, where it was tried. The case is stated in the opinion of this Court. First Exception. — Stated in the opinion.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Frederick County. This suit was instituted in the Circuit Court for Allegany County, by the appellee against the appellant, and on the suggestion and affidavit of the latter, it was removed to the Circuit Court for Frederick County, where it was tried. The case is stated in the opinion of this Court. First Exception. — Stated in the opinion. Second Exception. — The plaintiff offered three prayers, the first of which only, as follows, was granted, the others were rejected : 1. That if the jury find from the evidence in the cause that the plaintiff was a…
1Opinion of the CourtMiller, J.
This action was brought by the appellee to recover damages for injuries received while being carried as a passenger over the appellant’s railroad on the 18th of Jul}r, 1872. He purchased a'ticket from McKeesport to Cumberland, and when injured was sitting in the second *342car from the engine. The train left Connellsville between ten and eleven o’clock at night, and when about a half a mile from that station, while going at less than half speed, struck a freight car which was left standing on a siding in a position so near to the switch, as not to permit the passage of the train without striking…
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