Wash., B. A.R. Co. v. State

This is a suit under Lord Campbell's Act, by a father, Charles M. Goodwin, to recover for alleged negligent killing of his son, Charles B. Goodwin, by the Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis Electric Railroad Company. From a judgment in favor of plaintiff, the defendant appealed.

For the purposes of this opinion the facts may be stated very briefly.

At about two o'clock P.M. of the 18th day of November, 1918, Charles B. Goodwin, son of the appellee, after leaving his place of employment at Camp Meade, walked to the crossing known as Kelly's Crossing, being a public highway, at which there was a…