Riley v. State Ex Rel. Walker
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas of Baltimore City (Boxd, J.). Action by the State of Maryland, for the use of Josephine M. Walker, against Glenn M. Riley. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
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Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas of Baltimore City (Boxd, J.). Action by the State of Maryland, for the use of Josephine M. Walker, against Glenn M. Riley. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The first, second and third exceptions involved questions sought to be asked of a medical witness who had testified that he could find no external evidences of injury on deceased, and the questions were a.s to the possibility that a man could be thrown such a distance as deceased was alleged to have been thrown, without showing any external injuries. Among the prayers submitted were…
1Opinion of the Court
Briscoe, J.,
delivered, the opinion of the Court.
This action was brought by the State, for the use of the widow of Walter B. Walker, in the Court of Common Pleas of Baltimore City, to* recover damages for the death of her husband, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant, in operating an automobile upon North Avenue at or near the intersection of Pennsylvania Avenue, two* of the public highways of Baltimore City.
The declaration is in the usual form in negligence cases, and the bill of particulars, filed with it, states that Walter B. Walker died as a result of being run…
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