Riddle v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad

Riley, President:

In this action of trespass on the case, instituted by Collie T. Riddle against The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company in the Circuit Court of Ritchie County, plaintiff seeks to recover damages to his residence property, situate between Fream Street and Bunnells Run in the City of Pennsboro, Ritchie County, alleged to be due to the flooding of his property by the backwater of Bunnells Run, allegedly caused by defendant’s negligence in maintaining an inadequate culvert under its railroad fill. To a judgment in the amount of $1,285.21, based on a jury verdict, the defendant…