Legal Opinion

Pindell v. Rubenstein

Court of Appeals of Maryland

Decided December 5, 1921PublishedCited by 27 opinions

Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City (Ahelee., J.). Action by Edward H. Pindell, an infant, by Bertha Pin-dell, his mother and next friend, ag’ainst Herman Rubenstein and Dora Rubenstein, his wife. From a judgment for defendants, plaintiff appeals.

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Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City (Ahelee., J.). Action by Edward H. Pindell, an infant, by Bertha Pin-dell, his mother and next friend, ag’ainst Herman Rubenstein and Dora Rubenstein, his wife. From a judgment for defendants, plaintiff appeals. Defendants’ second prayer was as follows: The jury are instructed that the burden is on the plaintiff to establish by a preponderance of the evidence that the gate mentioned in the evidence was, at the time of the accident mentioned in the evidence, in a defective condition and that such condition was or should have been known to the1…

1Opinion of the CourtOffutt, J.

The appeal in this ease was taken from a judgment of the Superior Court of Baltimore City, entered in an action on the case brought by the infant plaintiff against the appellees, to recover damages for injuries which are said to have resulted from the fall of a gate in a fence along the appellees7 premises on the Calverton Boad, a public thoroughfare in Baltimore City.

Since the legal sufficiency and the legal effect of the evidence is involved, it is necessary to refer in some detail to the facts of the case and the testimony given in respect to them.

Edward H. Pindell, on July 17th, 1920, was…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Sloan v. EdwardsCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1883
  2. Strasburger v. VogelCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1906
  3. Baltimore City Passenger Railway Co. v. McDonnell ex rel. McDonnellCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1876
  4. Weilbacher v. J. W. Putts Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1914
  5. Marshall v. HaneyCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1853

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3Cited by27 opinions

  1. Baltimore Transit Co. v. State Ex Rel. CastrandaCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1974
  2. Potts v. Armour & Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1944
  3. Michael Belton v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit AuthorityCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1994
  4. Dover Elevator Co. v. SwannCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1994
  5. Grier v. RosenbergCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1957

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