EASTERN AVE. CORP. v. HUGHES

[No. 259, September Term, 1961.]

228 Md. 477 (1962)

180 A.2d 486

EASTERN AVENUE CORPORATION v. HUGHES

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Motion for rehearing filed May 31, 1962.

Denied June 14, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick J. Green, Jr., with whom were Alva P. Weaver, III, and Lord, Whip, Coughlan & Green on the brief, for the appellant.

Archie D. Williams for the appellee.

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


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

This appeal is from a judgment recovered by a tenant against a landlord in an action to recover damages for injuries sustained when she fell over a hump or raised portion in the parking lot, adjacent to her apartment, maintained for the use in common of the tenants of the apartment house. The trial court submitted the case to a jury on the issue of contributory negligence, reserving for subsequent ruling, as a matter...

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