Lake Roland Elevated Railway Co. v. McKewen
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City. This was an action to recover damages for injuries to plaintiff’s person and property alleged to have been caused by defendant’s negligence. The evidence showed that the plaintiff, driving west, in the day time, on Chase street, in Baltimore City, attempted to cross the tracks of the defendant,' an electric railway company, on Guilford avenue, at the intersection of Chase street.
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City. This was an action to recover damages for injuries to plaintiff’s person and property alleged to have been caused by defendant’s negligence. The evidence showed that the plaintiff, driving west, in the day time, on Chase street, in Baltimore City, attempted to cross the tracks of the defendant,' an electric railway company, on Guilford avenue, at the intersection of Chase street. The elevated portion of the railway begins about seventy-five feet south of Chase street, on Guilford avenue, and there is a down grade from that structure to Chase…
1Opinion of the CourtRoberts, J.
This, action was brought in the Court below to recover damages from the defendant company for its alleged negligence. A satisfactory statement of the facts contained in the record will be found in the reporter’s notes of testimony placed at the head of this case.
The record presents but one exception, which is taken by the defendant to the action of the Court in granting a special instruction of its own, and also the fourth prayer of the plaintiff, and in rejecting the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, eighth, ninth and tenth prayers of the defendant. The plaintiff’s fourth prayer…
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- McMahon v. Northern Central Railway Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1874
- Baltimore City Passenger Railway Co. v. McDonnell ex rel. McDonnellCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1876
- Baltimore Traction Co. v. WallaceCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1893
- Lynam v. Union Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1873
- Omaha Street Railway Co. v. CameronNebraska Supreme Court · 1895
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- Western Maryland Railroad v. KehoeCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1896
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