Downey v. Baltimore Transit Co.

This appeal is from a judgment entered upon a directed verdict for the defendant in an action for personal injuries sustained by the driver of a taxicab in a collision with a street car at the intersection of Aisquith Street and Ashland Avenue.

The plaintiff was driving south on the west side of Aisquith Street, 35 feet wide, at about 11:30 P. M. on March 28, 1949. He was familiar with the intersection and evidently knew what the plat shows, that Ashland Avenue has only one set of tracks for westbound street cars. He testified that he looked to his left as he approached the intersection but…