Cumberland Coal & Iron Co. v. Scally
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Washington County. This was an action instituted by the appellee against the appellant, on the 19th of September, 1862, in the Circuit Court for Allegany County, to recover for injuries sustained by the former, while employed by and at work on a railroad of the latter.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Washington County. This was an action instituted by the appellee against the appellant, on the 19th of September, 1862, in the Circuit Court for Allegany County, to recover for injuries sustained by the former, while employed by and at work on a railroad of the latter. The defendant pleaded that it did not commit any of the wrongs alleged, and that the injury complained of was caused solely by the negligence and want of care of the plaintiff. The case subsequently, at the instance of the plaintiff, was removed to the Circuit Court for Washington County.…
1Opinion of the Court
Bowie, O. J.,
delivered the opinion of this Court.
At the trial of this cause below the appellee offered but one prayer, which was granted with a modification by the Court; the appellant submitted twenty-one prayers, the first, second, third, ninth and tenth of which were after-wards withdrawn; the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eleventh, twelfth, fifteenth, seventeenth and nineteenth were rejected; the eighth and fourteenth were granted *600with provisos, and Mie rest as originally offered. The appellant exeeptéd to the rejection and modification of its prayers, and to the granting of the…
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