CHRIST v. WEMPE

[No. 177, September Term, 1958.]

219 Md. 627 (1959)

150 A.2d 918

CHRIST, ADMINISTRATOR, ET AL. v. WEMPE

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Motion for rehearing filed May 13, 1959.

Denied June 4, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Berman and Melvin J. Sykes, with whom were Sigmund Levin, Theodore B. Berman and Harry I. Stegmaier, on the brief, for appellants.

J. Gilbert Prendergast and M. King Hill, Jr., with whom were Clark, Smith & Prendergast on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before HENDERSON, HAMMOND, PRESCOTT and HORNEY, JJ., and DIGGES, J., Associate Judge of the Seventh Judicial Circuit, specially assigned.


DIGGES, J., by special assignment, delivered the opinion of the Court.

On May 18, 1957, shortly after 7:15 P.M. (D.S.T.) an automobile driven by the appellee, Raymond Wempe, skidded momentarily off the wet surface of U.S. Route 219 in Garrett County, traveled some distance sidewise down the highway and eventually crossed to the opposite side and collided with two trees, killing the appellant's decedent and injuring the infant...

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