Annapolis Gas & Electric Light Co. v. Fredericks
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County (Forsythe, J\). PlaAntijf’s 1st Prayer.—If the jury find from the evidence that on or about the eighth day of August, 1907, defendant owned, maintained, operated and controlled a system of wires "in Annapolis and in Eastport in Anne Arundel County and upon the bridge spanning Spa Creek and connecting Annap'©lis and Eastport and that said bridge was a public highway •at said time, and that said wires were hung and…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County (Forsythe, J\). PlaAntijf’s 1st Prayer.—If the jury find from the evidence that on or about the eighth day of August, 1907, defendant owned, maintained, operated and controlled a system of wires "in Annapolis and in Eastport in Anne Arundel County and upon the bridge spanning Spa Creek and connecting Annap'©lis and Eastport and that said bridge was a public highway •at said time, and that said wires were hung and suspended along the side of said bridge on cross bars attached to the ■bridge on the top of the iron trusses running along the…
1Opinion of the Court
Briscoe, J.,
delivered the opinion of the Court. •
This case comes before the Court upon a second appeal. The first appeal will be found reported in 109 Md. 596.
■ On the first trial, there was a judgment, on verdict, in favor of the plaintiff for $500 and this judgment on appeal to this Court was reversed for errors in the ruling of the Court below and. a new trial was awarded. Upon' a second trial, tbe plaintiff recovered a judgment of $400 and tbe defendant brings this appeal.
Tbe questions on tbe record now before us are presented by eight bills of exception reserved and taken by tbe…
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