Pope v. Sun Cab Co.

GETTY, Judge.

This appeal raises two questions; one substantive, one procedural. The substantive question is whether the court below erred in deciding that Md.Ann.Code art. 48A, § 538(b) (1979) excuses taxicabs from carrying the uninsured motorists insurance that would otherwise be required by Md.Ann. Code Art. 48A, § 541(c) (1979, 1984 Cum.Supp.). The procedural question is whether the trial court erred in deciding the substantive question in the course of a demurrer and Show Cause Order rather than in a pending declaratory judgment action.

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