Luther Robinson Maddox v. Raymond O. Shroyer

This is an appeal from the action of the District Court dismissing with prejudice appellant’s [plaintiff’s] complaint.

When this case reached the pre-trial stage in the District Court, the matter came before Chief Judge McGuire on a motion to transfer the cause to Baltimore to be tried in that city with a substantially similar case involving substantially similar facts against substantially the same parties. 1 The court denied the motion and advised appellant as follows:

“ * * * First of all, the pleadings are extremely voluminous and offend every rule in the Rules of Civil Procedure. Your…