State Ex Rel. Culler v. Standard Oil Co.
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Allegany County, (Henderson, J.), to which county the case had been removed from the Circuit Court for Washington County. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the CourtBriscoe, J.
This was an action instituted in the Circuit Court for Washington County, but removed to Allegany County for trial. The suit was brought by the State, for the use of the wife and children of Morris W. Culler, an employee of the defendant, who was killed on the 14th of April, 1913, while' in charge of and operating an elevator, in use at the warehouse of the defendant at its plant in Hagerstown, Maryland.
The declaration contains ten counts, and each one avers that the death of Culler was caused by the alleged negligence, want of care and default of the defendant, and without neglect or fault…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Benedick v. PottsCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1898
- Parrot v. Wells, Fargo & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1873
- Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. State Ex Rel. BlackCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1908
- Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. State ex rel. SavingtonCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1889
- Stewart & Co. v. HarmanCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1908
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- Grandison v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1986
- Waltzinger v. BirsnerCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1975
- Shafer v. State Ex Rel. SundergillCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1937
- Crystal v. Baltimore & Bel Air Electric Railway Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1926
- Griffith v. Pullman Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1923