JONES v. BALTIMORE TRANSIT CO.

[No. 55, October Term, 1956.]

211 Md. 423 (1956)

127 A.2d 649

JONES v. BALTIMORE TRANSIT COMPANY

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided December 11, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Amos I. Myers and Robert S. Rody, for appellant.

Benjamin C. Howard, with whom was Patrick A. O'Doherty on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before BRUNE, C.J., and COLLINS, HENDERSON, HAMMOND and PRESCOTT, JJ.


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

A passenger on a bus, thrown and injured by its sudden stop, sued its owner for damages. At the conclusion of the plaintiff's case, the court directed a verdict for the defendant and the appeal is from the judgment that followed.

Mrs. Perry Jones, the plaintiff below and appellant here, left her place of employment and boarded a bus that ran north on St. Paul Street, intending to get off at Preston Street. She...

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