VANN v. WILLIE

No. 145, September Term, 1977.

38 Md. App. 49 (1977)

379 A.2d 411

ALTON VANN, SR. ET UX. v. WILBUR WILLIE ET AL.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided November 10, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel D. Hill, with whom were Lynn D. Tanner, Jr., and White, Mindel, Clarke & Hill on the brief, for appellants.

C. Russell Fields, with whom were Charles S. Keyes and Keyes & Simmons on the brief, for appellee Wilbur Willie. Austin W. Brizendine, Jr., with whom were Austin W. Brizendine and Brizendine & Brizendine on the brief, for other appellee.

The cause was argued before GILBERT, C.J., and THOMPSON and MOORE, JJ.


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

The Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries are described in a well-known television commercial as "The Land of Pleasant Living."1 It sometimes happens, however, as the instant case evidences, that living in the Bay area can be not so pleasant.

The skeletal scenario of this appeal is relatively uncomplicated. The record discloses that late on the afternoon of August 16, 1973, Alton...

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