Northern Central Railway Co. v. Prentiss
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas. Assumpsit brought by the appellee against the appellant, to recover the sum of $400, for services as physician and apothecary, alleged in the declaration to have been rendered by the plaintiff, at the special instance and request of the defendant, for one William Steinhagan, who bad been severely injured by an accident on the Baltimore Exception.
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Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas. Assumpsit brought by the appellee against the appellant, to recover the sum of $400, for services as physician and apothecary, alleged in the declaration to have been rendered by the plaintiff, at the special instance and request of the defendant, for one William Steinhagan, who bad been severely injured by an accident on the Baltimore Exception. The evidence in the case is fully stated in the opinion of this court, as is also the prayer on the part of the plaintiff, which was granted by the court below. Two prayers were offered on the part of the…
1Opinion of the CourtEccleston, J.
This is an action of assumpsit instituted by John H. Prentiss, the appellee, against the appellant, to recover the sum of $400, for services rendered by the former as a physician and apothecary, for the benefit of William Steinhagen, who had been severely injured by an accident upon the Baltimore & Susquehanna .Rail Road.
The accident occurred on Tuesday, the 4th of July 1854, and Steinhagen was taken to the house of Samuel Getty, the same evening. The next day, Jones, (a witness for the plaintiff,) in going to the city of Baltimore, met Doctor Prentiss, the plaintiff, and told him of…
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