MERRITT v. DARDEN

[No. 65, September Term, 1961.]

227 Md. 589 (1962)

176 A.2d 205

MERRITT v. DARDEN DARDEN, ETC. v. MERRITT (Two Appeals in One Record)

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided after reargument February 21, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wilbert McInerney (on both arguments), with whom was John S. McInerney on the brief, for Dan Roenell Merritt.

Edwin H. Pierce, Jr., and Lansdale G. Sasscer, Jr. (each on both arguments), with whom were Sasscer, Clagett & Powers on the brief, for the Dardens.

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


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

The appeals in this case, involving a motor vehicle accident, arise out of alleged errors on the part of the trial court in refusing to rule as a matter of law on a motion for a directed verdict concerning a question as to imputed negligence and in giving an incorrect instruction to the jury with respect to the same question.

The plaintiff below, Mary English Darden (usually referred to herein as the mother or...

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