Commissioner of Motor Vehicles v. Baltimore & Annapolis Railroad

Thalheimer, a plaintiff below, who was injured when he fell to the floor of a bus, appeals from judgments in favor of the owner and the driver of the bus following directed verdicts at the close of the plaintiff’s case. A phantom car was said by the bus driver to have been involved and the jury found for Thalheimer in his suit against the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles. The Commissioner joins Thalheimer in appealing from the judgments in favor of the owner and operator of the bus but does not seriously challenge the jury’s finding that he was liable.

The bus, a carrier for hire, was on a…