Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. Stricker
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from tbe Circuit Court of Frederick County. The facts of this case (which was removed from the Baltimore City Court on the suggestion and affidavit of the defendant) are stated in the opinion of the Court.
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Appeal from tbe Circuit Court of Frederick County. The facts of this case (which was removed from the Baltimore City Court on the suggestion and affidavit of the defendant) are stated in the opinion of the Court. Exceptions. — At the trial the plaintiff offered the following prayers: 1. That if the jury find from the evidence that the defendant is a corporation owning and operating a railroad as set forth in the declaration, and was at the time of the alleged injuries complained of, and that the plaintiff entered the service of defendant in 1867, as freight brakeman on the first division of…
1Opinion of the CourtBartol, C. J.
This suit was brought by the appellee to recover for injuries received by being carried against a bridge, spanning the appellant’s road, while he was on top of a “house *64car,” in the discharge of his duty as conductor of a freight train.
The accident happened on the 6th day of June 1876, in passing under the bridge, called “Bull Eye Bridge’’ which was built by the appellant, on a public road’ about three-fourths of a mile east of Martinsburg.
It appears from the evidence, that the appellee entered the service of the company in 1867, as brakeman on freight trains between Martinsburg and…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Dolner v. The MonticelloU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · 1870
- Wonder v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1870
- Cumberland & Pennsylvania Rail Road v. State ex rel. MoranCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1876
- O'Connell v. Baltimore & Ohio R. R.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1863
- Cumberland Coal & Iron Co. v. ScallyCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1867
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