Elzey v. Boston Metals Co.

Charles Elzey sustained personal injuries by stepping into an open hatch aboard a ship belonging to the defendant on September 27, 1946. He brought suit in the Court of Common Pleas of Baltimore City. At the ■ conclusion of the plaintiff’s case the trial court granted a prayer taking the case from the jury. From a judgment for the defendant the plaintiff appeals.

The undisputed testimony shows that two or three days before the accident William Elzey, a brother of the plaintiff, went to the office of the defendant at Curtis Bay to inspect, with a view to purchasing, some laundry equipment…