Nicholson v. Unsatisfied Claim & Judgment Fund Board

This is an appeal from the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County where Judge Evans denied the petition of Rufus Nicholson, Mary Reddick and Mood Gibson, appellants, for leave to sue the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles under the Unsatisfied Claim and Judgment Fund Law. 1 The facts are quite simple and not the subject of dispute.

On July 17,1966, while passengers in a car owned and operated by John Martin, Jr., appellants were involved in an accident on Queenstown Road in Anne Arundel County, which allegedly occurred when an unknown automobile was driven into their lane of traffic. In an effort…