Hogan v. Eastridge

The appeal is from a judgment for costs for the appellee granted in the Circuit Court for Howard County (after removal of the suit, for false arrest and false imprisonment, from the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County) when the appellant, having been denied a continuance, refused to offer testimony because his witnesses had not been summoned.

The record shows the case was set for trial on November 18, 1969. In open court on that day the appellant requested a postponement because his witnesses from Prince George’s County were not present. Judge Mayfield granted the continuance, telling the…