Elmar Gardens, Inc. v. Odell

This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of the appellee entered upon a jury’s verdict for damages in the amount of $3500. in a case where the appellee put his hand through a pane of glass in a door which was at the entrance to an apartment house in which he was a tenant.

At the close of the appellee’s case the appellant moved for a directed verdict. This motion was denied by the court, whereupon the appellant rested its case and chose not to offer evidence.

Appellant is a corporation which owns a number of apartment buildings in Hyattsville, Prince George’s County, Maryland. Each building…