Greer v. King

OppBnheimBR, J.,

delivered the majority opinion of the Court. Hornby, J., dissents.

A hitchhiker standing at night on a paved roadway in open country, near the edge of the road, was hit by a motorist. The jury gave a verdict for the injured pedestrian but the trial court granted the driver’s motion for judgment n.o.v. This appeal is from that judgment.

The accident ocurred in September, 1964, shortly after 1:00 A.M., on State Route 175, between 135 and 150 feet east of the center of its intersection with State Route 170, near Odenton, in Anne Arundel County. The two State Routes intersect at…