Waller v. Maryland National Bank

We summarily grant the petition for certiorari in this case and vacate the judgment of the Court of Special Appeals because of the absence of a final judgment in the trial court.

The action of the trial court from which petitioners appealed was the entry of summary judgment in favor of respondent. Although the transcript of proceedings indicates the trial judge intended his ruling to be final without the necessity of a subsequent written order, the clerk erroneously added words to the docket entry indicating a contrary intent. The docket entry, made on the day the trial court decided the…