RETKOWSKY v. BALTIMORE TRANSIT CO.

[No. 222, September Term, 1959.]

222 Md. 433 (1960)

160 A.2d 791

RETKOWSKY v. BALTIMORE TRANSIT COMPANY

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided May 18, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold Buchman and Charles A. Friedman, with whom was Lawrence B. Coshnear on the brief, for the appellant.

George P. Bowie, with whom was John E. Boerner on the brief, for the appellee.

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


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

This is another case in which the plaintiff attempted to establish negligence on the part of a common carrier by an adjectival description of an alleged sudden start of one of the defendant's streetcars. The trial judge granted a motion for a directed verdict in favor of the carrier after both sides had concluded their testimony, and the plaintiff has appealed.

The evidence must, of course, be viewed in the...

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