Burke v. Mayor of Baltimore

This is a suit by the plaintiff to recover damages for personal injuries, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendants.

The single question presented by the record is whether the evidence on the part of the plaintiff was legally sufficient to be submitted to the jury, to show negligence upon the part of the defendants and that such negligence was the cause of the alleged injuries.

The Court below, by its instruction at the close of the plaintiff’s case, withdrew the case from the consideration of the jury, and directed a verdict for the defendants, and the action of the Court…