F. S. Royster Guano Co. v. State Ex Rel. MacDonald

The appeal in this case is from a judgment recovered in the name of thei State for the use of Mary E. MacDonald against the appellant company, for the death of her husband, John MacDonald, caused as it is alleged, by the negligence of the defendant company.

The declaration alleges in substance that John MacDonald employed as a day laborer by the defendant company in its fertilizer plant in Anno Arundel County, was on or about the 7th day of August, 1914?, directed by one of its duly appointed agents to operate an electrical hoist, which was alleged to be dangerous, to persons who had no…