Bannon ex rel. Coughlan v. Baltimore & Ohio Rail Road
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City. This suit was brought to the September term of the Superior Court of Baltimore City, 1861, by Jas.
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City. This suit was brought to the September term of the Superior Court of Baltimore City, 1861, by Jas. Coughlan, the next friend of Patrick Bannon, a minor, about seven years of age, to recover §3,000 damages for injuries sustained by the latter through the wrongful act, neglect or default of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road Company or its agents, on the 13th of October, 1860. The declaration contains three counts, to wbicli the defendants pleaded “ not guilty.” 1st Exception. — At the trial of the cause the plaintiff' to maintain issue on his…
1Opinion of the Court
Bowie, C. J.,
delivered the opinion of this Court.. These appeals are taken from the rulings of the Court below, excluding certain evidence offered on the part óf the appellant, Bannon, and rejecting certain instructions offered by the plaintiff and defendants, and the granting of others in lieu thereof by the Court, from which rulings each party appealed.
The cause of action, is injury sustained by the plaintiff, through the alleged wrongful act, neglect or default of the defendants or their agents, whilst moving their engine and cars in reversed order, over a semi-circular track called a “Y,”…
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