Jones v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad

This case has had a troublous history. It was first tried in 1883, before Justice MacArthur, and a verdict for $8,000 was rendered for the plaintiff, after a hearing of the evidence on both sides. Ón appeal this was reversed by the General Term, Chief Justice Carrier and Justices Wylie and James sitting, and the case was remanded to the special term in 1885. In November of that year it came on for trial before Justice Merrick, who upon the statement by plaintiff’s counsel of what he expected to prove, directed the jury to render a verdict for the defendant, without hearing the plaintiff’s…