People's Passenger Railway Co. v. Green
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Baltimore City Court. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. First Exception. — The defendant offered as a witness' William H. Patterson, who testified that he was the Secretary of the People’s Passenger Railway Company, and had general charge of its business.
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Appeal from the Baltimore City Court. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. First Exception. — The defendant offered as a witness' William H. Patterson, who testified that he was the Secretary of the People’s Passenger Railway Company, and had general charge of its business. Counsel for the defendant then handed the witness a photograph of a street railway car, and proposed to prove by him that this photograph was an exact representation of the car upon which the accident to the plaintiff occurred, although not one taken of that particular car, hut of one identically like it, for…
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
This is an action by the appellee to recover damages alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the appellant.
On the day in question, the appellee was a passenger in the street car of the appellant, and after riding some distance he got up and gave his seat to an elderly woman. The car inside and the rear platform being crowded he was obliged to pass out on to the front platform.
In turning the corner of Henrietta and Charles streets, the car was run off the track, and at the request of the *90driver the appellee and others standing with him on the platform got off, and assisted in getting…
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