Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. State
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Baltimore City Court. The case is stated, in the opinion of the Court. First and Second Exceptions, stated in the opinion of the Court.
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Appeal from the Baltimore City Court. The case is stated, in the opinion of the Court. First and Second Exceptions, stated in the opinion of the Court. Third Exception — The evidence having been closed on both sides, the plaintiff offered the four following prayers: 1. That if the jury shall find from the evidence in the cause, that on or about the 10th day of January, 1893, August Strunz, the husband of the equitable plaintiff, Phillipina Strunz, and father of the equitable plaintiff, Louis Strunz, was injured and killed by the locomotive or cars of the defendant, while operated by its…
1Opinion of the CourtRoberts, J.
This action was brought in the Baltimore City Court, in the name of the State, as plaintiff, for the use of the widow and son of August Strunz, who was killed by what is alleged to have been the wrongful act, neglect, or default of the defendant corporation.
There was a verdict for the plaintiff, and judgment thereon, from which the defendant has appealed.
The accident happened at what is known as the Ridgely street crossing of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, at the *342corner of Ridgely and Ostend streets, in the city of Baltimore. Ostend street runs east and west, and the defendant occupied the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad v. HogelandCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1886
- Robinson v. New York Central & Hudson River RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1876
- Brickell v. New York Central & Hudson River RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
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- Shultz v. Old Colony Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
- Quinette v. BissoCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1905
- United Railways & Electric Co. v. CrainCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1914
- Chiswell v. NicholsCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1920
- McCall's Ferry Power Co. v. PriceCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1908
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