President of Baltimore & Yorktown Turnpike Road v. Parks
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Baltimore County. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. A verdict was rendered for the plaintiff, for $2,000, and judgment was entered thereon. The defendant appealed. The cause was argued before Alvey, C. J., Miller, Robinson, Irving, Bryan, Fowler, and McSherry, J.
1Opinion of the CourtIrving, J.
The appellant is a turnpike company, a corporation, owning and controlling a road running through Baltimore County. The appellee is a teamster, who, in using the appellant’s road, charges that .he was seriously injured, whilst observipg due care, by defects in the road, which existed by reason of appellant’s negligence. The appellee was riding the saddle mule of the team, and the mule fell and the rider’s leg was broken in two places. The claim of appellee is, (and there was evidence tending to sustain the charge), that the mule fell into a hole on the turnpike, which the appellant…
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