American Towing & Lightering Co. v. Baker-Whiteley Coal Co.
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal' from the Court of Common Pleas of Baltimore City (Bond, J.). The following are the prayers that were offered by the plaintiff and the defendant, respectively, and the action of the trial Court on each: Plaintiff’s 1st Prayer.- — The plaintiff prays the Court to instruct the jury that if they find from the evidence in the case that the plaintiff entered into a contract with the defendant, whereby the .plaintiff chartered the tug Britannia to the defendant for so long…
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Appeal' from the Court of Common Pleas of Baltimore City (Bond, J.). The following are the prayers that were offered by the plaintiff and the defendant, respectively, and the action of the trial Court on each: Plaintiff’s 1st Prayer.- — The plaintiff prays the Court to instruct the jury that if they find from the evidence in the case that the plaintiff entered into a contract with the defendant, whereby the .plaintiff chartered the tug Britannia to the defendant for so long a time as the defendant might require the services of the said tug; that if they further find that the defendant, by the…
1Opinion of the Court
Thomas, J.,
delivered tbe opinion of tbe Court.
This is tbe second appeal in this case, a judgment in favor of the appellee having been reversed and a new trial awarded in 111 Md. 504.
Suit was brought on tbe common counts, - and a special count for services rendered by tbe plaintiff’s tug Britannia in towing certain scows at tlie request of the defendant. The defendant, in addition to the general issue plea, pleaded, first, payment; second, that the towing for which the plaintiff seeks to recover was so carelessly and negligently done that the scows were wrecked and the defendant sustained loss…
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