S. Kann, Sons & Co. v. Meyer
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City (Ritchie, J.). At the trial the following prayers were offered: Plaintiff’s 1st Prayer. — If the jury find from the evidence that the defendants were in possession of a store and premises in the city of Baltimore, in which they maintained and operated adjoining elevators, one of which was applied and operated as a passenger elevator, and the other as a freight elevator, both running from the basement to the top of said store,…
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City (Ritchie, J.). At the trial the following prayers were offered: Plaintiff’s 1st Prayer. — If the jury find from the evidence that the defendants were in possession of a store and premises in the city of Baltimore, in which they maintained and operated adjoining elevators, one of which was applied and operated as a passenger elevator, and the other as a freight elevator, both running from the basement to the top of said store, and that the machinery and appliances operating the same were so arranged and adjusted that the piston rod of each…
1Opinion of the CourtBriscoe, J.
The plaintiff brought suit against the defendants to recover damages for personal injuries received while repairing a freight elevator on the defendants’ premises. He recovered a judgment of $5,000 and upon exceptions to the granting by the Court of the plaintiff’s first and third prayers and the refusal to grant the defendants’ third, fourth, sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth prayers, and to the overruling of certain special exceptions, the defendants have appealed.
It appears from the record that the defendants, Sigmund Kann and Louis Kann trading as S. Kann, Sons and Company, were the owners…
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