HENDERSON v. BROWN

[No. 25, September Term, 1957.]

214 Md. 463 (1957)

135 A.2d 881

HENDERSON v. BROWN ET AL.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided November 14, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Berman and Melvin J. Sykes, with whom were William G. Kemp and Edward D.E. Rollins, A. Freeborn Brown and T. Carroll Brown, on the brief, for appellant.

Frederick J. Green, Jr., with whom were James J. Lindsay and J. Gifford Scarborough, on the brief, for appellees.

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


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

Chief Petty Officer Henderson was struck at night by a taxicab as he crossed the street in Port Deposit on the way back to Bainbridge Naval Training Center. The jury gave him a substantial verdict against both the driver and the owner of the taxicab, the trial court granted a motion for judgment n.o.v., and Henderson appealed.

The accident happened on Route 222, the main street of Port Deposit, in a residential...

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