Baltimore Traction Co. v. Maryland
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas. This was an action brought in the name of the State, for the use of the widow and children, and mother of Edward Ringgold, deceased, against the appellant, a street railway company, a body corporate under the laws of the State, to recover damages for the death of the deceased, who was run over and killed by a car of the defendant. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court.
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Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas. This was an action brought in the name of the State, for the use of the widow and children, and mother of Edward Ringgold, deceased, against the appellant, a street railway company, a body corporate under the laws of the State, to recover damages for the death of the deceased, who was run over and killed by a car of the defendant. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. First Exception. — At the trial the plaintiff offered seven prayers which are omitted, as all of them, save the seventh, were rejected, and that was not discussed in the opinion…
1Opinion of the CourtPace, J.
On the 26th May, 1891, Edward Ringgold, desiring to take one of the defendant's cars to go to his business, left his home, having in his right hand a beer bottle containing cold tea, and on his left arm a small basket, about eight inches long, containing his lunch. He stopped on the west side of Druid Hill avenue, at a point- twenty-five or thirty feet south from Dolphin street, and there he raised his arm for the purpose of signalling a car which was then coming down the avenue.
Gallagher, the gripman, states, that he saw him standing there looking at the cars, but “saw no signal or…
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- Schofield v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1885
- Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. State ex rel. TrainorCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1871
- McMahon v. Northern Central Railway Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1874
- State ex rel. Coughlan v. Baltimore & Ohio Rail RoadCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1866
- Lewis v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1873
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- Leatherwood Motor Coach Tours Corp. v. NathanCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1990
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