Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Rail Road v. Harper
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Cross appeals from the Superior Court of Baltimore City. On the 9th of September, 1864, Mrs. Harper, the appellee in the first of these appeals, brought suit against the Rail Road Company to recover the value of a lost trunk and its contents, which had been delivered at Baltimore to the appellant, to be transported to New York as her baggage.
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Cross appeals from the Superior Court of Baltimore City. On the 9th of September, 1864, Mrs. Harper, the appellee in the first of these appeals, brought suit against the Rail Road Company to recover the value of a lost trunk and its contents, which had been delivered at Baltimore to the appellant, to be transported to New York as her baggage. The evidence showed that, in July, 1864, the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Rail Road Company were the proprietors of cars, engaged in transporting passengers and freight, as common carriers, between Baltimore and Philadelphia, and in the…
1Opinion of the CourtBartol, C. J.
■ In this case the court below rejected the prayers offered on both sides, and gave two instructions to the jury. To this ruling, both parties reserved exceptions, and both have appealed; but, as the plaintiff recovered judgment, and does not ask for a reversal on her appeal, and as we have come to the conclusion the judgment must be affirmed, it is only necessary to express our opinion upon the questions presented by the defendant’s appeal. These arise upon the defendant’s prayers and the court’s instructions to the jury.
It is the settled law of this court, that it is competent for the court…
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