Boyd, Adm'r v. Simpler

After submitting the questions of primary negligence of the defendant and contributory negligence of the plaintiffs’ decedent to the jury and the rendition by the jury of verdicts in favor of the plaintiffs, the learned trial judge granted motions by the defendant for judgments n.o.v., on the ground that the plaintiffs’ decedent had been guilty of contributory negligence as a matter of law. There are two actions involved : one by the administrator of Pearl M. Boyd, who was killed by an automobile operated by the appellee, under Code (1957), Article 93, Section 112, to recover for the…