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SANDERS v. WILLIAMS

[No. 96, October Term, 1955.]

209 Md. 149 (1956)

120 A.2d 397

SANDERS ET AL., TRADING AS SANDY'S ESSO SERVICE v. WILLIAMS

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided February 15, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph W. Powers, with whom were Powers & Gifford on the brief, for appellants.

Alvin L. Newmyer, Sr., with whom were Jackson Brodsky and Newmyer & Bress on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before BRUNE, C.J., and DELAPLAINE, COLLINS, HENDERSON and HAMMOND, JJ.

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

The operators of a gasoline service station were held liable by a jury because one of them, while adjusting the carburetor of a Buick automobile, suddenly applied the gas and caused the car to lurch forward and strike the appellee. The sole reliance in this appeal is that the trial court erred in instructing the jury that the appellee was free from contributory negligence as...

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