Haddock V. Stewart

The appellant, Joseph W. Haddock, brought suit in the Circuit Court for St. Mary's County against the estate of Thomas Gerald Hill and the appellee, James B. Stewart, Jr., for injuries and property damage sustained by him in a three-car collision which resulted, he alleged, from an illegal automobile race between Hill and Stewart. On removal to the Circuit Court for Howard County the case was tried before a jury. At the close of the plaintiff's case the court, upon motion, directed a verdict for the defendant Stewart on the ground that there was no legally sufficient evidence that he had engaged in a race with Hill, and Haddock appeals from the judgment entered in favor of Stewart. A judgment obtained by Haddock against Hill's estate is not involved in this appeal.