McCosker & Molloy v. Banks

This case is before us for the second time. The former appeal is reported in 82 Md.- 518. As presented now, the record contains six bills of exception. One of these relates to the admissibility of evidence, and the others to rulings of the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County in rejecting five prayers presented by the plaintiffs for instructions to the jury. The prayers having all been submitted at the same time and forming a series of consecutive propositions, the ruling of the Court upon them was a single act and not five separate and distinct decisions; and, consequently, one exception…