Tolchester Beach Improvement Co. v. Scharnagl
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore (Stock-bridge, ].), where there was a judgment on verdict for the plaintiff for $500. Plaintiff's 1 st Prayer. — If the jury find from the evidence that Freeburger on July 10th, 1905, was a State officer, appointed by the Governor under the law and held the commission offered in evidence and was on duty on said date on the steamboat “Louise” while she navigated the public'waters of the United States from Baltimore City to…
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore (Stock-bridge, ].), where there was a judgment on verdict for the plaintiff for $500. Plaintiff's 1 st Prayer. — If the jury find from the evidence that Freeburger on July 10th, 1905, was a State officer, appointed by the Governor under the law and held the commission offered in evidence and was on duty on said date on the steamboat “Louise” while she navigated the public'waters of the United States from Baltimore City to Tolchester; and further find that on said date the said Freeburger was also an employee of the défendant company and as such…
1Opinion of the CourtBurke, J.
This is an action for trespass for assault, false arrest and imprisonment. The declaration alleges that on the 10th of July, 1905, the plaintiff, Joseph Scharnagl, purchased a ticket from Baltimore to Tolchester and return, and became a passenger on the defendant’s steamboat Louise ; that at said time .the defendant was a common carrier of passengers and navigated the Patapsco. River and Chesapeake Bay between the city of Baltimore and Tolchester in Kent County; that while a passenger on said steamboat en route to Tolchester the plaintiff was violently seized and arrested by a servant aud…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- New Jersey Steamboat Co. v. BrockettSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Tolchester Beach Improvement Co. v. SteinmeierCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1890
- Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. CainCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1895
- Deck v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1905
- Central Railway Co. v. PeacockCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1888
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- Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington Railroad v. GreenCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1909
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