Baltimore Consolidated Railway Co. v. Rifcowitz

The appellee, Annie Rifcowitz, when crossing Pratt street, at or near the corner of Little Gough street, in Baltimore City, at about half-past six o’clock in the morning, in April, 1898, was struck and injured by an electric car of the appellant, which was going west on Pratt street. She brought suit jointly with her husband against the appellant for damages for the injuiry she had suffered and obtained a judgment in her favor, from which this appeal was taken.

It appears from the record that there is a double track on Pratt street, which occupies almost the entire bed of the street at the…