Tracey v. Unsatisfied Claim & Judgment Fund

This case involves the interplay between the Unsatisfied Claim and Judgment Fund Statute of Maryland, Maryland Code (1957, 1967 Repl. Vol.) Art. 66^, § 150 et seq. (the Maryland Fund) and that of New Jersey, N.J.S.A. 39:6-61 (1961) (the New Jersey Fund). 1 The appellants, James Tracey and Mattie Ames, residents of New Jersey, brought suit against Ruby Mae Bracey, a resident of Maryland, for damages for injuries they had sustained in an accident in Maryland involving a car owned and operated by Mrs. Bracey in which the appellants were passengers. When judgments of $1,250 and costs entered in…