MORRISON v. SUBURBAN TRUST CO.

[No. 147, October Term, 1956.]

213 Md. 64 (1957)

130 A.2d 915

MORRISON v. SUBURBAN TRUST COMPANY, EXECUTOR

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided April 10, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Lillard, Jr., for the appellant.

The Court declined to hear argument for the appellee.

Hal C.B. Clagett and Sasscer, Clagett & Powers on the brief for the appellee.

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


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

Appellant was injured in the commercial garage of the decedent, represented here by his executor, the appellee, when he tripped over the handle of an automobile jack protruding from the front of a car. At the conclusion of the evidence for the injured man, the trial court, assuming primary negligence for the purpose of the decision, found the plaintiff to have been contributorily negligent as a matter of law. The appeal...

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