STEWART v. BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD CO.

No. 97.

168 U.S. 445 (1897)

STEWART v. BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 6, 1897.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Edwin Sutherland for plaintiff in error.

Mr. George E. Hamilton for defendant in error. Mr. Michael J. Colbert was on his brief.


MR. JUSTICE BREWER, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

The Court of Appeals was of opinion that the action could not be maintained under the statute of the District of Columbia, because that authorizes recovery only in case the injury causing death is done within the limits of the District, nor under the Maryland statute because of the peculiar form of remedy prescribed therein, citing in support of the latter contention Pollard v....

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