Moon v. Weeks

This appeal turns on the answer to the question what, in the contemplation of the traffic laws, is a child on a sled travelling on a street — a “vehicle”, a “motor vehicle”, or a “pedestrian”. 1

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

Before we can answer this keystone question we must ascertain the posture of the case as it is before us on appeal. The true posture is not readily evident because the proceedings below were snarled. They were snarled because both the trial judge and counsel for the parties apparently did not recognize, and certainly did not follow, an applicable rule of the Maryland Rules of…