Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. State Ex Rel. Welch
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal' from the Superior Court of Baltimore City (Shakp, J.), where there was a judgment on verdict for the plaintiff for $1,200. Plaintiff’s First Prayer.—That if the jury find from the evidence that on or about August 15th, 1909, the defendant owned and operated a railroad in Baltimore City on Wells street; that at the foot of Byrd street there is a space on each side of the tracks of said railroad which is used by pedestrians as a thoroughfare; that there are two main…
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Appeal' from the Superior Court of Baltimore City (Shakp, J.), where there was a judgment on verdict for the plaintiff for $1,200. Plaintiff’s First Prayer.—That if the jury find from the evidence that on or about August 15th, 1909, the defendant owned and operated a railroad in Baltimore City on Wells street; that at the foot of Byrd street there is a space on each side of the tracks of said railroad which is used by pedestrians as a thoroughfare; that there are two main tracks, one for eastbound and one for westbound trains; that near the foot of Byrd street said eastbound track is, by…
1Opinion of the CourtSchmucker, J.
The appeal in this case is from a judgment of the Superior Court of Baltimore City against the appellant company for damages for fatally injuring the son of the equitable appellee by one of its locomotives.
It appears from the record that on the afternoon of Sunday, August 15th, 1909, James H. Welch, a minor son of the equitable appellee, about 14 years old, was run over and fatally injured by the tender of a locomotive of the appellant while it was backing along a switch on what is known as Wells street at or near the foot of Byrd street in Baltimore City. The entire bed of what is called…
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- Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. State ex rel. AllisonCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1884
- Barabasz v. KabatCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1900
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