Dilley v. Baltimore Transit Co.

This is an appeal by the plaintiff from a judgment for costs in favor of the defendant, entered after the trial court had granted prayers asking for a directed verdict, and a motion for a directed verdict, all submitted by the defendant at the conclusion of the plaintiff’s testimony. The prayers and the motion were granted on the theory that there was no legally sufficient evidence of negligence on the part of the defendant which was the proximate cause of the accident complained of; that the plaintiff was guilty of negligence on his part directly contributing to the accident; and that the…