Wise v. Ackerman
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Baltimore City Court. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. The first Four Exceptions are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the Court. Fifth Exception. — At the trial the plaintiff offered fourteen prayers. The fourteenth prayer was rejected and is omitted.
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Appeal from the Baltimore City Court. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. The first Four Exceptions are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the Court. Fifth Exception. — At the trial the plaintiff offered fourteen prayers. The fourteenth prayer was rejected and is omitted. The other prayers are as follows: 1. If the jury find from the evidence that the defendants possessed and occupied a building in the City of Baltimore, in which as co-partners they carried on business as manufacturers of shirts, overalls, etc., and that in said building there was an elevator propelled by…
1Opinion of the CourtAlvey, C. J.
The appellee brought this action against the appellants to recover for an injury suffered while in the employ of the latter, resulting from what is alleged to have been a defective and dangerously constructed elevator operated in the appellants' factory. It is alleged by the appellee that he was in the employ of the appellants in their factory to render certain services, "and that in the-course of his said employment it was necessary for him to ride in and upon a certain elevator constructed and erected by said defendants in their factory, and propelled by steam, as a passenger from floor to…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Baltimore Elevator Co. v. NealCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1886
- Maguire v. Middlesex RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1874
- Hudson v. C., & N. W. R. R.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1882
- Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati & Indianapolis Railway Co. v. WynantIndiana Supreme Court · 1888
- Peoples' Bank v. MorgolofskiCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1892
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- Otis Elevator Co. v. EmbertCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1951
- Cox v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1982
- Cordish v. BloomCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1921
- Baltimore City Passenger Railway Co. v. TannerCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1900
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