United Railways & Electric Co. v. State Ex Rel. Deane
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City (Dobler, J.) The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiffs for $4,500. Plaintiff's Prayer.—If the jury shall find from the evidence that the deceased, Frank H. Deane, on the 17th day of September, 1899, was a passenger on one of the cars of the defendant company, having got on the car at or near the corner of Charles and Henrietta streets, and that a man named Geisenkotter boarded the said car at or near the corner of Charles…
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City (Dobler, J.) The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiffs for $4,500. Plaintiff's Prayer.—If the jury shall find from the evidence that the deceased, Frank H. Deane, on the 17th day of September, 1899, was a passenger on one of the cars of the defendant company, having got on the car at or near the corner of Charles and Henrietta streets, and that a man named Geisenkotter boarded the said car at or near the corner of Charles and Cross streets, and that while on said car behaved in such disorderly and turbulent manner that the conductor in…
1Opinion of the CourtMcSherry, C. J.
This suit was brought in the name of the State of Maryland to the use of the widow and children of Frank H. Deane against the United Railways and Electric Company of Baltimore, to recover damages for the injury caused to the equitable plaintiffs by the death of Mr. Deane. His death is alleged to have been the result of the defendant’s negligence, and the negligence charged consisted in the failure of the company’s servants to protect the deceased whilst he was a passenger on one of its cars from the deadly assault made upon him by a fellow-passenger. The main question in the case is whether…
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