Palmer v. Scheid

The appellant-defendant, being dissatisfied with a judgment entered against him after an adverse jury verdict, in the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County, for damages resulting from an automobile collision, has appealed.

He contends that the appellee-plaintiff was contributorily negligent as a matter of law in failing to comply with the Code (1957), Article 66½, Sections 227 and 233 (a), 1 and in failing to exercise reasonable care for his own safety.

On December 16, 1957, a dry, cloudy day, at about 2:45 P.M.. the appellee Scheid and one Hall, both Internal Revenue Service agents, were…