Campbell & Zell Co. v. Roediger
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City. The case is stated iu the opinion of the Court. Exception. — At the trial the plaintiff offered eight prayers, the first, second, third, fifth, sixth and seventh of which the Court (Ritchie, J.,) rejected, and they are omitted. The fourth was withdrawn, and the eighth, as to the measure of damages, was granted, but its insertion is deemed unnecessary.
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City. The case is stated iu the opinion of the Court. Exception. — At the trial the plaintiff offered eight prayers, the first, second, third, fifth, sixth and seventh of which the Court (Ritchie, J.,) rejected, and they are omitted. The fourth was withdrawn, and the eighth, as to the measure of damages, was granted, but its insertion is deemed unnecessary. The defendant offered four prayers, the first, second, and fourth of which were rejected, and the third was granted. The Court gave an instruction of its own. The prayers of the defendant, and…
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, C. J.
This is, it seems to us, a plain case. The plaintiff, about eighteen years of age, was employed by the defendant company in its machine shop and foundry, as a common laborer, ’'‘to clean the yard, to carry things, and straighten up matters” generally about the premises. On the morning of the accident he had been employed in helping to put sections of steam boilers upon an open railroad car for shipment, and which were raised from the ground by means of a derrick. Later in the day he was directed by Powell, the foreman of the laborers, to assist in working another derrick, then being operated…
2Cited by1 opinion
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