County Commissioners v. Leaf

This is an appeal from a judgment entered by the Circuit Court for Frederick County upon the verdict of a jury in favor of Lars T. Leaf against the Commissioners of Howard County. The suit was first instituted in Howard County, and, after a demurrer to the plaintiff’s declaration had been overruled, the case was removed to Frederick ^¡ounty for trial.

The first question for consideration upon the record relates to the correctness of the court’s action in overruling appellants’ demurrer to the declaration.

During the trial, appellants reserved exceptions to several rulings of the trial court…