DIETRICH v. CANTON RAILROAD CO.

[No. 239, September Term, 1958.]

220 Md. 127 (1959)

151 A.2d 163

DIETRICH ET AL. v. CANTON RAILROAD COMPANY ET AL.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided May 14, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Weldon Leroy Maddox for the appellants.

Jesse Slingluff and Mathias J. DeVito, with whom were Piper & Marbury on the brief, for the appellees.

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


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

Charles Dietrich, driving his wife's automobile west on O'Donnell Street in Baltimore City, across single tracks of the Canton Railroad Company, was struck by a backing and unattached engine, proceeding north on the crossing. He sued to recover damages for personal injuries; his wife sued for damages to the automobile. The trial court directed verdicts for the defendant in her case, on the ground that the evidence...

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