Keen v. Mayor of Havre De Grace
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Harford County (Watters, J.)
1Opinion of the CourtPage, J.
The Court instructed the jury at the close of the plaintiff’s testimony that there was no evidence legally sufficient to establish negligence on part of the defendant, and the correctness of this instruction constitutes the only subject of consideration in this case.
The suit was brought to recover damages for injuries alleged to have resulted from the negligence of the defendant. The evidence shows that the plaintiff was walking along the sidewalk of Union avenue in the city of Havre de Grace, an incorporated town, on a dark night, and while so doing fell into a hole and was injured. The…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Todd v. . City of TroyNew York Court of Appeals · 1875
- Mayor of Baltimore v. MarriottCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1856
- Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. State ex rel. SavingtonCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1889
- Cook v. City of AnamosaSupreme Court of Iowa · 1885
- Lewis v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1873
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- Jennings v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1961
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