Washington & Rockville Railway Co. v. Sullivan
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County (Beall and. Cam alter, JIT.). Statement No. 6, referred to in the opinion, was in part as follows: “After the jury had returned its verdict counsel for defendant stated: We object to the verdict as rendered by the jury.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County (Beall and. Cam alter, JIT.). Statement No. 6, referred to in the opinion, was in part as follows: “After the jury had returned its verdict counsel for defendant stated: We object to the verdict as rendered by the jury. The Court will note that the jury returned a verdict for “twenty thousand,” but did not state as to twenty thousand what.’ Counsel for defendant then objected that the clerk had no right to amend the verdict. The Court then stated: We will let the verdict stand.’ “The stenographer having closed his. report, and retired…
1Opinion of the Court
Briscoe, T.,
delivered the opinion of the Court.
The plaintiff brought those suits in the Circuit Cburt for Montgomery County on the 31st day of May, 1918, against the defendant companies to recover damages for personal injuries received b-y her, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendants.
The cases were removed to the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County for trial and, upon motion in that Court, they were consolidated and upon trial, before a jury, resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff for the sum of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00).
From a judgment entered on this…
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