Sudol Et Ux. v. Gorga

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Maxey,

This is an appeal from the refusal of the court below to take off a compulsory non-suit in an action of trespass. Plaintiffs brought suit to recover damages for the death of their seventeen year old son, when an automobile in which he was riding as a passenger overturned on a highway in Maryland. The action was directed against a minor, whose father was named as guardian ad litem for the purpose of this suit. The minor was the driver of the car in which the victim was a passenger.

Both the deceased and the minor defendant, Sudol, and three other youths, all…