President & Commissioners v. Kelly

This appeal is from a judgment of the Circuit Court for Wicomico County, in a personal injury case, entered upon the verdict of a jury in favor of the appellee. The appellant contends that the court erred in refusing a motion for directed verdict at the conclusion of the whole case and in refusing to grant a motion for judgment N. O. V.

The appellee, fifty-seven years of age, was injured when she fell and broke her arm on a brick sidewalk in Princess Anne, on October 30, 1949 at about 10 P.M. on a dark, clear night. She lived in Crisfield, but on the night in question had attended a Halloween…