Peregoy v. Western Maryland Railroad

The appellant was injured when his employer’s truck was struck by a coal hopper of the Western Maryland Railroad on a siding near which he had placed his truck while loading materials. After an adverse jury verdict, and judgment thereon, he brings up for review certain rulings of the trial court on the evidence and in the instructions.

The facts adduced are scarcely in dispute. For approximately a quarter-century the Pen-Mar Company, dealers in building supplies, has occupied a large area in the railroad company’s Fulton Yard, in Baltimore City. There they received, unloaded, and stored…