President of the Baltimore v. Crowther
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City. This suit was instituted in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County, and at the suggestion of the defendant it was removed to the Superior Court of Baltimore City, where it was tried. The case is stated in the opinion of this Court. The exceptions to the rulings of the Court below upon questions of evidence are also set out in the opinion of this Court.
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City. This suit was instituted in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County, and at the suggestion of the defendant it was removed to the Superior Court of Baltimore City, where it was tried. The case is stated in the opinion of this Court. The exceptions to the rulings of the Court below upon questions of evidence are also set out in the opinion of this Court. Seventh Exception. — -The plaintiff offered four prayers which the Court (Phelps, J.,) rejected, and the same are omitted. The defendant offered the following prayers: 1. That the defendant, by…
1Opinion of the CourtMiller, J.
In this cáse an action was brought by the appellee against the Turnpike Company to recover damages for injuries to his horse and buggy. The declaration avers in substance that the defendants suffered their road, in a certain part of it, to be so out of repair as to be unsafe for travel, by reason of leaving an abrupt and high bank between the centre and metalled part, and the remainder of the road, without any safeguards to provide against the dan'ger arising therefrom, and that whilst his servant was driving his horse and buggy on the road, and using due care, the horse unavoidably fell over…
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