BALTO. TRANSIT CO. v. CASTRANDA

[No. 74, October Term, 1949.]

194 Md. 421 (1950)

71 A.2d 442

BALTIMORE TRANSIT COMPANY v. STATE, USE OF CASTRANDA, ET AL.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided February 9, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wallis Giffen, with whom were Philip S. Ball and Walter V. Harrison on the brief, for the appellant.

Paul Berman and Sigmund Levin, with whom were Paul B. Mules, George B. Woelfel and Theodore B. Berman on the brief, for the appellees.

The cause was argued before MARBURY, C.J., DELAPLAINE, COLLINS, GRASON, HENDERSON and MARKELL, JJ.


DELAPLAINE, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

Joseph E. Castranda, age 37, of Baltimore, was killed on Annapolis Road in Baltimore on the night of December 16, 1946, when he was struck by a streetcar operated by the Baltimore Transit Company. This action to recover damages for his death was brought by the State of Maryland for the use of his widow and four surviving children.

The accident occurred about 10:15 p.m. at the intersection of Annapolis Avenue...

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