Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. Branson
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Allegany County. (Hejvdersok, J.) The facts are stated in the opinion of the Court. The following are the prayers directed by the Court to he published with the report of the case: Plaintiffs 1st Prayer.—The plaintiff, by his counsel, prays the Court to instruct the jury that if they find from the evidence that the defendant, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, is and has been since the autumn of 1912, a corporation duly incorporated…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Allegany County. (Hejvdersok, J.) The facts are stated in the opinion of the Court. The following are the prayers directed by the Court to he published with the report of the case: Plaintiffs 1st Prayer.—The plaintiff, by his counsel, prays the Court to instruct the jury that if they find from the evidence that the defendant, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, is and has been since the autumn of 1912, a corporation duly incorporated under the laws of Maryland, and further find that during said period the defendant was a common carrier by railroad,…
1Opinion of the CourtBurke, J.
The appellee on this record recovered a judgment in the Circuit Court for Allegany County against the Baltimore & Ohio Bailroad Company, a corporation engaged in interstate and intrastate commerce, for personal inj uries alleged to have been sustained by him as the result of the negligence of the defendant. The appeal before us was taken by the Bailroad Company from that judgment. The suit was brought under the provisions of the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, approved April 22nd, 1908. The first section of that act provides :
“That every common carrier by railroad while engaging in commerce…
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- Seaboard Air Line Railway v. HortonSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Michigan Central Railroad v. VreelandSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Pedersen v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Illinois Central Railroad v. BehrensSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- State v. MalsterCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1881
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- Packard Iron & Metal Co. v. H. P. Pearl & Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1921