Baltimore & Liberty Turnpike Co. v. Cassell
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. Twenty-two exceptions were taken. Exceptions from one to twenty-one inclusive, other than the fourth, sixth, eighth, ttoelfih, fifteenth, sixteenth and nineteenth, which were abandoned, are sufficiently stated in the opionion of the Court. Twenty-second Exception.
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Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. Twenty-two exceptions were taken. Exceptions from one to twenty-one inclusive, other than the fourth, sixth, eighth, ttoelfih, fifteenth, sixteenth and nineteenth, which were abandoned, are sufficiently stated in the opionion of the Court. Twenty-second Exception. The plaintiff offered the following prayer : If the jury shall find a verdict for the plaintiff, in estimating damages they are to consider the health and condition of the plaintiff before the injury complained of, as compared with his present…
1Opinion of the CourtYellott, J.
A suit for the recovery of damages was instituted in the Court of Common Pleas of Baltimore City, by the appellee against the appellant; and from the judgment rendered in that cause, this appeal has been taken. As shown by the record the appellant, a body corporate, owns a turnpike road and is authorized by its charter to exact and receive the payment of toll for travel over said road. On the night of the sixth of November, 1885, the appellee, while driving a coach, was injured by the vehicle being overturned and thrown down a declivity on the side of this road. The plaintiff averred in his…
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