State ex rel. Brady v. Consolidated Gas Co.
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas (Wright, J). The second and following exceptions were taken to the refusal of the trial Court to allow certain questions to be asked by the plaintiff of his witnesses.
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Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas (Wright, J). The second and following exceptions were taken to the refusal of the trial Court to allow certain questions to be asked by the plaintiff of his witnesses. In the second exception the question was: “ Would you say, if there was a stop-cock either on top of the riser or on some other portion of the supply pipe, either one of these would be a dangerous method?” In the third exception the question was : “ In the ordinary case of a feed pipe going through a wall, with an L joint and a ‘ riser ’ about two and a-half or three feet long, where there…
1Opinion of the CourtRussum, J.
This suit was brought by James Brady in the name of the State for his use v. Consolidated Gas Company of Baltimore City, to recover for the death of his daughter, Marian Brady, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendants.
The defendant, at the time of the accident complained of, was engaged in the manufacture and supply of illuminating gas in Baltimore City. The declaration contains two counts, the first of which charges that Marian Brady, while employed in her household duties and using due care and diligence, “ died from inhaling the gas, which the defendant wrongfully…
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- Baltimore & Ohio Rail Road v. WorthingtonCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1864
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