Annapolis & Elkridge Railroad v. President of Baltimore Fire Insurance
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Supei’ior Court of Baltimore City. The facts of the case are’ sufficiently stated in the opinion of the Court.
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Appeal from the Supei’ior Court of Baltimore City. The facts of the case are’ sufficiently stated in the opinion of the Court. The plaintiff offered two prayers in the Court below: the first asserted the proposition that the plaintiff was entitled to recover for the injury sustained, notwithstanding the jury might find that the engine and passenger car, at the time of the burning, were not contained in the car and engine house respectively mentioned in the policy, but were in the course of their usual and appropriate employment on the plaintiff’s railroad, several miles from Annapolis; the…
1Opinion of the CourtGrason, J.
On the 26th day of January, in the year 1864, the appellant procured its buildings and certain cars and engines to be insured by the appellee, and among the property, thus insured, were two Murphy & Allison passenger cars, “contained in oar house marked No. 1,” and engine, Joseph H. Nicholson, “contained in the engine house marked No. 2.” After the insurance, one of the Murphy & Allison cars, thus insured, was entirely destroyed, and the engine, Joseph H. Nicholson, was greatly damaged by fire, while on the line of the railroad of the appellant, making one of its regular trips, between…
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