Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad v. Burkhardt
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas. At the trial the plaintiff offered the following prayers ; Plaintiff’s ist Prayer.—The Court instructs the jury that if they find from the evidence that the plaintiff, Mary Burkhardt, was driving down the Mt.
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Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas. At the trial the plaintiff offered the following prayers ; Plaintiff’s ist Prayer.—The Court instructs the jury that if they find from the evidence that the plaintiff, Mary Burkhardt, was driving down the Mt. Carmel road where it crosses the tracks of the P., W. & B. Railway Company, and that she waited until the safety-gates had been opened, and then drove upon the defendant’s track, and while there defendant’s servants who were in control of one of the defendant’s engines so near crossing as to be likely to frighten passing teams, negligently,…
1Opinion of the CourtRussum, J.
This suit was instituted by the appellees, the plaintiffs below, to recover of the appellant for personal injuries alleged to have been received by the female plaintiff in consequence of the culpable negligence of the appellant’s servants in the management of a “ shifting engine,” at a point in Baltimore City where the railroad of the appellant is crossed by O’Donnell street, otherwise known as Mount Carmel road. The verdict was for the plaintiff, and the defendant has appealed; and it is sought by this appeal to have corrected certain alleged errors involved in the refusal of the Court below…
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