County Commissioners v. State Ex Rel. Stansbury
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Baltimore County,. (Duncan, J.). where there was a verdict for the plaintiffs for $3>S°°- Plaintiff's ist Prayer. — If the jury find that the bridge mentioned in the declaration in this case, was on, and a part of, one of the public roads of Anne Arundel County, that it spans the Severn river in said county; that the bridge was constructed with a draw so arranged as to allow vessels to'pass through, that when the draw was turned so as to…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Baltimore County,. (Duncan, J.). where there was a verdict for the plaintiffs for $3>S°°- Plaintiff's ist Prayer. — If the jury find that the bridge mentioned in the declaration in this case, was on, and a part of, one of the public roads of Anne Arundel County, that it spans the Severn river in said county; that the bridge was constructed with a draw so arranged as to allow vessels to'pass through, that when the draw was turned so as to allow vessels to pass a space was left between the sides of the draw and the ends of the bridge next thereto wide enough to…
1Opinion of the CourtPearce, J.
This action was brought by the State for the use of the widow and children of James Stansbury to recover damages for his death alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the Commissioners of Anne Arundel County. On September 28th, 1906, the deceased was driving in a buggy drawn by a single horse, from the city of Annapolis to his home in the country, and between seven and eight o’clock in the evening he drove upon the Severn river bridge connecting the two shores of that river and forming a part of one of the highways of Anne Arundel County. In this bridge there is a swing draw, which…
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- Ferguson v. . HubbellNew York Court of Appeals · 1884
- Hill v. Portland & Rochester RailroadSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1867
- President of Baltimore & Yorktown Turnpike Road v. LeonhardtCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1886
- County Commissioners v. BurgessCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1883
- Stumore v. ShawCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1887
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- Cecil Paper Co. v. NesbittCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1912
- Hendrix v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1952
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