County Commissioners v. Bel Air Suburban Improvement Ass'n

Citations

• 134 Md. 548

Syllabus

<p>Experts: must qualify. Juries: opinions of witnesses. Prayers: ignoring theory of which there is evidence. State Board of Health Act: Chapter 810 of 1914; not retroactive.</p> <p>A witness who has not qualified as an expert should not be allowed to testify as such.</p> <p>The question whether or not a sewer was properly laid, according to contract, is one which a jury could decide from the facts, without the opinions of witnesses.</p> <p>A prayer is' erroneous which ignores a theory of one of the parties of which evidence is properly in the case.</p> <p>The State Board of Health Act, Chapter 810 of the Acts of 1914, does not affect contracts made prior to its passage, and even though it applied to construction work of the character involved in this case it would not be a defense to a suit to recover for a breach of the contract itself.</p>