BILLINGS v. SHAW

[No. 511, September Term, 1966.]

247 Md. 335 (1967)

231 A.2d 12

BILLINGS, ET AL. v. SHAW

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided June 30, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John T. Enoch, with whom were Goodman, Meagher & Enoch on the brief, for appellants.

James L. Wray, with whom were Wray & Serio on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before HAMMOND, C.J., and MARBURY, OPPENHEIMER, BARNES and FINAN, JJ.


PER CURIAM:

The appellant, Billings, a boy of ten who was struck while riding his bicycle by the automobile of the appellee, Shaw, lost his suit for damages when the trial judge ruled that he was guilty of contributory negligence as a matter of law. We find that ruling to have been correct.

Shaw, called as a witness by Billings, says he was driving his car south on Route 170 in Anne Arundel County at thirty-five miles an hour in a fifty-mile zone when he observed...

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