United Railways & Electric Co. v. State Ex Rel. Lapka

This is an action brought for the use of the widow and infant children of Theodore J. Lapka, to recover compensation for his death, which, the equitable plaintiffs contend, resulted, from a collision between an automobile in which he was a passenger and a street car operated by the United Railways & Electric Company of Baltimore, the defendant, which occurred at the intersection of East Avenue and Elliott Street in Baltimore City on Eebruary 14th, 1931, shortly after 2 o’clock in the morning.

The trial of the case in the Baltimore City Court resulted in a verdict and judgment for the…