Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. Hammond

Citations

• 128 Md. 237

Syllabus

<p>Streets: obstruction by railroad abutments; authority from city; responsibility of railroad. Evidence: ordinances. Damages: rental value; money rent; obligations assumed by tenant. Expert opinion: other sales in vicinity.</p> <p>Where a municipal ordinance, under which the defendants in an action for damages had done the acts which gave rise to the suit, has been introduced in evidence without objection, the defendant may read to the jury such parts of it as they deem material to their case. p. 240</p> <p>Where a railroad builds an abutment or approach to a bridge in a public street, it is liable for the damage it may cause tbe abutting property, although the approach was built by it in accordance with an authority conferred by a valid municipal ordinance. p. 240</p> <p>An expert may give his opinion as to the value of real estate based upon sales of similar property in the neighborhood, although his knowledge as to such other sales is based on hearsay. p. 242</p> <p>In actions for damages to real estate the difference in rental may be offered in evidence as it appears in leases of the property before and after tbe act complained of; and the differences shown may consist not only in differences in the money value but may be in tbe conditions of the lease. p. 244</p>