Griffin v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad

MilleR, Judge:

This action was brought by plaintiff, a youth nineteen years of age, by a next friend, for damages alleged, to have accrued to him by reason of injuries sustained while in the employ of the defendant company and engaged in performing the duties required to be performed by him in the course of his employment. The trial court overruled defendant’s demurrer to the declaration and has certified to this court the questions arising upon the correctness of its ruling thereon.

The declaration alleges that plaintiff was employed as a section hand or trackman, and that at the time he was…