Killen v. George Washington Cemetery, Inc.

This is an appeal by a defendant from the refusal of the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County, in a jury trial, to grant his motions, made at the conclusion of the plaintiffs’ case and again at the conclusion of all the evidence, for a directed verdict in his favor as to all counts of the plaintiffs’ declaration on the ground that the claims thereby asserted against him were barred by the statute of limitations. The appellant also challenges the court’s instructions to the jury as to when limitations began to run.

This case arose out of a sale of the stock of George Washington Cemetery,…