Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. State ex rel. Allison
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Baltimore County. This case was instituted in the Superior Court of Baltimore City, whence it was removed to the Circuit Court for Howard County, and thence to the Circuit Court for Baltimore County, where it was tried. The nature of the case, and of the exceptions taken, are sufficiently set forth in the opinion of the Court.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Baltimore County. This case was instituted in the Superior Court of Baltimore City, whence it was removed to the Circuit Court for Howard County, and thence to the Circuit Court for Baltimore County, where it was tried. The nature of the case, and of the exceptions taken, are sufficiently set forth in the opinion of the Court. It is proper, however, to state in addition, that the amendment to the narr. and its titling, the granting of which by the Court formed the subject of the first exception, was the insertion of the words: “The State of Maryland for the…
1Opinion of the CourtIrving, J.
The motion to dismiss this appeal must he overruled. It is apparent from the proofs submitted that the delay in the transmission of the record, was not occasioned hy any fault of the appellant, hut was the fault of the clerk, who so admits on oath.
On the night of the 9th of July, 1881, William J. Allison, the father of the equitable plaintiff, is alleged to have been killed hy a train of the appellant’s railroad cars passing over him; and this suit is brought in the name of the State, for the use of his only child, to recover damages for the death of the father, hy the negligence of the…
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