Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. State ex rel. Hauer
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Frederick County. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. .First and Second Exceptions, stated in the opinion of the Court.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Frederick County. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. .First and Second Exceptions, stated in the opinion of the Court. Third Exception. — The plaintiff offered the seven following prayers: 1. If the jury shall find from the evidence, that on the 4th day of June, 1880, Luther Hauer was a passenger in the cars of the defendant, with a ticket entitling him to ride from Hagerstown to Frederick; that he took the train at Hagerstown, and rode thereon to Weverton ; that it then became necessary for him to change cars, alighting from said train and…
1Opinion of the CourtAlvey, J.
Luther Hauer, the father of the equitable plaintiffs in this case, was killed by a locomotive engine and a train of cars on the road of the defendant, on the 4th of June, 1880; and this action was brought under Article 65 of the Code, to recover for the alleged negligence of the defendant in causing the death.
At the trial there were three bills of exception taken by the defendant; two in respect to rulings upon the admissibility of evidence, and one in respect to the rulings •upon the prayers offered by the respective parties.
1. Tn the first bill of exception the question intended to be…
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