U.S.F. & G. CO. v. ROYER

[No. 60, September Term, 1962.]

230 Md. 50 (1962)

185 A.2d 341

UNITED STATES FIDELITY AND GUARANTY COMPANY ET AL. v. ROYER, ETC., ET AL.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided November 13, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward T. Miller and Ernest M. Thompson, with whom was Charles E. Wheeler on the brief, for the appellants.

William H. Adkins, II, with whom were T. Hughlett Henry, Jr., and Henry, Henry & Adkins on the brief, for the appellees.

The cause was argued before BRUNE, C.J., and HAMMOND, PRESCOTT, HORNEY and MARBURY, JJ.


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

In this action for personal injuries sustained by a pedestrian as the result of being struck by a motor vehicle as he was crossing a street between crossings, the trial court granted a directed verdict in favor of the defendants against the actual and equitable plaintiffs primarily on the ground that the pedestrian was contributorily negligent as a matter of law, and the plaintiffs appealed.

The action was brought...

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