GATLING v. SAMPSON

[No. 275, September Term, 1965.]

242 Md. 173 (1966)

218 A.2d 202

GATLING v. SAMPSON, ETC.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided April 4, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marvin H. Smith, with whom were Webb & Travers on the brief, for the appellant.

Robert E. Farnell, 3rd, and George E. Bahen, Jr., for the appellee.

The cause was argued before PRESCOTT, C.J., and HAMMOND, MARBURY, BARNES and McWILLIAMS, JJ., and CARTER, J., Chief Judge of the Second Judicial Circuit, specially assigned.


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

This appeal involves unfortunate injuries received by a 5-year old child, while playing on, or near, a "street" in Cambridge, Maryland, on May 12, 1962, when the child and an automobile driven by the appellant, collided.

The question which we must decide is whether the evidence, considered in a light most favorable to the plaintiff, and the proper and legitimate inferences to be drawn therefrom are sufficient...

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