Maryland Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Ruth
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City (Stockbridge, J.) Plaintiff’s ist Prayer.— The plaintiff prays the Court sitting as a jury to rule as a matter of law that as the pole of the plaintiffs, together with the appliances attached thereto, mentioned in the evidence, was placed in the alley in the rear of the property 212 North Fulton avenue, in order that the plaintiff might serve electric lights to its patrons living on the same side of Fulton avenue andin the…
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City (Stockbridge, J.) Plaintiff’s ist Prayer.— The plaintiff prays the Court sitting as a jury to rule as a matter of law that as the pole of the plaintiffs, together with the appliances attached thereto, mentioned in the evidence, was placed in the alley in the rear of the property 212 North Fulton avenue, in order that the plaintiff might serve electric lights to its patrons living on the same side of Fulton avenue andin the same block with the defendant, and as such act of the plaintiff did not interfere with the reasonable and necessary use by…
1Opinion of the CourtSchmucker, J.
The appellant sued the appellee in the Superior Court of Baltimore city for damages for cutting down a telephone pole which it had erected on a private alley in the rear of his residence. The defendant filed the general issue pleas and the case was tried before the Court, without a jury. The trial resulted in a judgment for the defendant and the plaintiff appealed. The record contains but one bill of exceptions which is to the Court’s action on the prayers. The facts appearing from the record are substantially as follows.
The appellee and his wife Cora E. Ruth owned as tenants in common in…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. v. MackenzieCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1891
- American Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. PearceCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1889
- Turner v. HoltzmanCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1880
- Day v. DayCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1853
- Shipley v. Western Maryland Tidewater RailroadCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1904
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