Harrison v. Mayor of Baltimore

Marbury, J.,

delivered the opinion of the Court., Vernon G. Harrison, appellant, brought suit in the Baltimore City Court against Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City, Everett B. Reed, individually and t/a Reed Construction Company, and L. H. Cranston and Sons, Inc., appellees, as the result of injuries sustained when he stepped on an improperly secured water meter cover which “flipped”, causing the appellant’s leg to go down into the casing in which the meter was housed, thereby injuring his leg. The .case was tried before a jury. At the close of the plaintiff’s case the trial judge…