Crawford v. United Railways & Electric Co.
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City (Wickes, J.) Plaintiff’s 1st Prayer.—If the jury find that the plaintiff was employed by the defendant as a conductor on one of its street railway cars and that it was the duty of the plaintiff under said employment, on each trip, at a certain part of the line, to step while the car was in motion from rear platform to foot-board and go along the foot-board to the front of the car, where was situated the indicator which…
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City (Wickes, J.) Plaintiff’s 1st Prayer.—If the jury find that the plaintiff was employed by the defendant as a conductor on one of its street railway cars and that it was the duty of the plaintiff under said employment, on each trip, at a certain part of the line, to step while the car was in motion from rear platform to foot-board and go along the foot-board to the front of the car, where was situated the indicator which registered the fares of each trip, and insert said fares so shown by said indicator in a manifest which was to be delivered to…
1Opinion of the CourtPearce, J.
This suit was brought for the recovery for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff while in the discharge of his duties as a conductor upon one of the cars of the defendant company. The car in question was an open summer car with nine seats for passengers running across the car, and with a foot-board upon each side used by passengers in entering and leaving the car, and by the conductor in taking up the fares, that being the only means of passing from one end to the other while the car was in motion. The plaintiff’s injuries were caused by the breaking of a hand hold attached to the side…
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