Pennsylvania, Steel Co. v. Nace
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Washington County ÍTLeudersoy and Needy, JJ.), where there was a judgment on verdict for the plaintiff for $5,500. Plaintiff’s 1st Prayer.—If the jury find from the evidence that on or about the 16th day of December, 1908, the plaintiff was employed by the defendant, and was then engaged in the work of placing the iron and steel superstructure on the bridge which was then being constructed across the Potomac River at Williamsport, as…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Washington County ÍTLeudersoy and Needy, JJ.), where there was a judgment on verdict for the plaintiff for $5,500. Plaintiff’s 1st Prayer.—If the jury find from the evidence that on or about the 16th day of December, 1908, the plaintiff was employed by the defendant, and was then engaged in the work of placing the iron and steel superstructure on the bridge which was then being constructed across the Potomac River at Williamsport, as testified to by the witnesses, if the jury so find; then it was the duty of the defendant to exercise reasonable care to…
1Opinion of the CourtThomas, J.
The Washington and Berkeley Bridge Company, a West Virginia corporation, proposing to build a toll bridge across the Potomac river, at Williamsport, between Berkeley County, West Virginia, and Washington County, Maryland, of sufficient size and strength to sustain a track for trolley cars or other cars to be operated by electricity* steam or other power, and to provide ample room for vehicles and pedestrians, in July, 1907, entered into a contract with Mason D. Pratt, _a civil engineer, whereby he was to make all necessary surveys for the location of the bridge, and proper plans and…
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