VAN v. McPARTLAND

[No. 210, September Term, 1965.]

242 Md. 543 (1966)

219 A.2d 815

VAN v. McPARTLAND

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided May 27, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Geppert and Hugh A. McMullen, with whom were Gunter & Geppert on the brief, for appellant.

Milton Gerson, with whom was Simon F. Reilly on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before PRESCOTT, C.J., and MARBURY, OPPENHEIMER, BARNES and McWILLIAMS, JJ.


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

Here is an unusual variation on a familiar theme. Detective Captain James E. Van (appellant), while driving his own automobile north on Frederick Street1 in Cumberland, struck Loretta G. McPartland, widow (appellee), aged 68, as she was crossing2 Frederick Street. From the $5,000 judgment, entered on the verdict of an Allegany County jury in her favor, Capt...

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