Marshall v. Maryland, Delaware, & Virginia Railway Co.

The substantial question raised by the pleadings is whether the defendant company entered into an agree*173ment with the plaintiffs by which the company should be exempt from any liability for damage to the buildings and property which it let to the plaintiffs, although the damage should be occasioned by the negligence of the company, or its employees. An exemption from liability for damages in consequence of negligence as part of the consideration for such an agreement is valid in a case like this. The language of the provision set out in the plea, exempting the defendant company from claims for…