Cowen v. Watson
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Cecil County (Stump and Martin, JJ.) The plaintiff obtained a verdict and judgment thereon for $2,083.
1Opinion of the Court
The plaintiff was injured on the 16th of November, 1898, under the following circumstances: He was driving two horses attached to a wagon which was loaded with coal. As he passed under the bridge over which the track of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad crosses the Susquehanna river his horses became frightened, ran away and he was badly injured. At the point where the accident happened a county road passes under the bridge — the latter being elevated about eighty feet above the former. While crossing the bridge and when passing above the county road the whistle of one of the engines of…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad v. HogelandCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1886
- Maryland Central Railroad v. NeubeurCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1884
- Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad v. StebbingCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1884
- Annapolis & Baltimore Short Line Railroad v. PumphreyCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1890
- Rupard v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1889
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Philadelphia & Baltimore Central Railroad v. HoldenCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1901
- Pennsylvania Railroad v. CecilCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1909
- Cowen v. DietrickCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1905
- Bernstein v. MerkelCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1915
- Packard Iron & Metal Co. v. H. P. Pearl & Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1921
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