Simpler v. State, Use of Boyd

There are two questions involved in this appeal: (1), Are the provisions of Code (1957), Article 5, Section 1, inapplicable to this appeal due to the fact that the Circuit Court for Caroline County, when it ordered Hooper S. Miles, Treasurer of Maryland and Custodian of the Unsatisfied Claim and Judgment Fund (Fund), 1 to pay damages to the appellees, was acting under a special, limited and summary jurisdiction?; and (2), Even if it were acting under a special and limited jurisdiction, did the court exceed the jurisdiction conferred by Section 160, when its order required payment from the…