County Commissioners v. Vanskiver

At the trial of this case for personal injuries, the only reviewable exception was taken because of rulings on proposed instructions to the jury. The verdict was in favor of the plaintiff, and the appeal is from the judgment entered on that verdict.

The plaintiff was injured when the’ small motor truck in which she was a passenger overturned, as it was proceeding along a public highway known as the Tickneck Road in Anne Arundel County. A portion of the highway had been improved by the substitution of concrete paving for the preexisting gravel surface. About three weeks before the accident a…