Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. Smith

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Carroll

Affirming.

In this action by the appellee to recover damages for personal injuries sustained, as alleged, by the negligence of the appellant railroad company, there was a judgment in his favor for four thousand dollars, followed by this appeal.

A somewhat extended statement of the facts is made necessary on account of the grounds relied on for reversal, and so we will set them out before taking up the reasons assigned by counsel for the railroad company why a new trial should be ordered.

The appellee, Smith, was employed by the railroad company as a telegraph…