Maddran v. Mullendore

This action in tort was instituted in the Circuit Court for Washington County by Mrs. Dora Maddran, of Boonsboro, to recover for injuries from an assault and battery allegedly made upon her by Thurston B. Mullendore, a Boonsboro grocer. Plaintiff claimed that she was assaulted in the three-foot alley between her house on St. Paul Street and Junior Order Hall, which stands at the corner of Main and St. Paul Streets.

Defendant, whose grocery and meat store is on Main Street next to Junior Order Hall, has a right of way through the alley to the rear of his property. He pleaded that he did not…