Hickory Transfer Co. v. Nezbed

Louis Nezbed and his wife, appellees here, were awakened in the early morning of March 17, 1951, by a 19000-pound tractor-trailer crashing violently into their house at the southeast corner of Orleans Street and Milton Avenue in Baltimore City. The vehicle caught fire, spreading flames to the house; the appellees were both injured, Mr. Nezbed seriously; the house and the household effects were heavily damaged; and the plumbing supply store which Mr. Nezbed conducted below the living quarters was demolished.

The tractor-trailer of Hickory Transfer Company, driven by its chauffeur, Lloyd DeWitt…