Legal Opinion

County Commissioners v. Wilson

Court of Appeals of Maryland

Decided December 9, 1903PublishedCited by 23 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Harford County (Watters, J.)

1Opinion of the CourtSchmucker, J.

This appeal presents the question of the liability of the County Commissioners of Baltimore County in the present state of the law, for personal injuries caused to travellers by obstructions improperly permitted to remain upon the county roads.

There is evidence in the record tending to show the follow-lowing facts: Mrs. Hattie E. Wilson, the appellee, when travelling at night with due care on one of the county roads of Baltimore. County was injured through being thrown from her carriage, which was overturned by running upon a rick of stone about three feet high placed upon the side of the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. County Commissioners v. DuckettCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1864
  2. Eyler v. County CommissionersCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1878
  3. County Commissioners v. GibsonCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1872
  4. County Commissioners v. BakerCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1876

3Cited by23 opinions

  1. Mayor of Baltimore v. State Ex Rel. BluefordCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1937
  2. Tadjer v. Montgomery CountyCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1984
  3. Godwin v. County CommissionersCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1970
  4. State Ex Rel. Watkins v. RichCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1915
  5. Bonsal v. YellottCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1905

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