County Commissioners v. Gibson
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County. This suit was instituted by the appellee in the Circuit Court for Calvert County, to recover damages from the appellants for injuries done to his wagon and carriage, while they ■were being used with due care and caution on certain of the public roads in said county.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County. This suit was instituted by the appellee in the Circuit Court for Calvert County, to recover damages from the appellants for injuries done to his wagon and carriage, while they ■were being used with due care and caution on certain of the public roads in said county. The plaintiff alleged that the defendants had negligently suffered said roads to be out of repair and unmended, so as to be impassable with safety, and that thereby his wagon and carriage were broken. At the instance of the plaintiff, the case was removed to the Circuit…
1Opinion of the CourtBrent, J.
Tills suit was instituted in the Circuit Court for Calvert county, and afterwards removed, upon the affidavit of the plaintiff, to the Circuit Court for Prince George’s county. After its removal the plaintiff by leave of the Court filed au amended declaration. To this declaration the defendants demurred; and they contend that the demurrer ought to have been sustained by tlie Court below, first, because the venue is laid as of Calvert county, while the case was pending in Prince George’s county, and second, because under the laws of the State they are not liable in this action.
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2Cases cited1 opinion
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