Legal Opinion
Harvey v. Slacum
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided December 7, 1942No. [No. 3, October Term, 1942.]PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDelaplaine, J.
This suit was brought by William H. Harvey, Jr., in the Baltimore City Court on June 25, 1941, alleging that while riding on his bicycle on a public highway he was struck and injured by an automobile truck owned by William J. Slacum and Alva Slacum, his wife, the defendants, and negligently operated by their agent and employee. The plaintiff claimed 810,000 damages. On August 13, judgment by default was entered against the defendants for failure to appear and plead. On September 24, a jury of inquisition assessed the damages sus tained by the plaintiff at 810,000. On September 26, judgment…
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