STEER v. HUBER, 130 Md. 698 (1917)

102 A. 1052

E.J. STEER, TREASURER OF THE BARRETT MANUFACTURING CO., A BODY CORPORATE, vs. WILLIAM HUBER.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.
Decided March 13th, 1917.

Negligence: motor trucks; trailing other vehicles at night; collision with another vehicle.

Whether, at the time the rider on a motor cycle, who was hurt in a collision with another vehicle, was going at such an excessive speed as to amount to contributory negligence, is a question for the jury.

Where a motor truck was traveling on the public road at night trailing after it a road-sweeping machine that was considerably wider than the motor truck itself, and only lighted by a dim rear light, and the trailer was drawn or trailed along by a loose bar which gave to it considerable play from side to side of the road, and a collision occurred between the trailer and another vehicle, it was: Held, to present a question for the consideration of the jury for the determination of the question of negligence.

Decided March 13th, 1917.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Baltimore County. (DUNCAN, J.)

The cause was argued before BOYD, C.J., BRISCOE, BURKE, THOMAS, PATTISON, URNER, STOCKBRIDGE and CONSTABLE, JJ.

Edward H. Burke and Wm. L. Marbury, for the appellant.

Osborne I. Yellott (with whom was C. Gus Grason on the brief), for the appellee.

STOCKBRIDGE, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, affirming the decision of the lower Court.

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