Ferrucci v. Jack

Ferrucci would have us reverse a summary judgment for costs entered in favor of the defendants in a damage suit which he had instituted in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County.

On 25 January 1965, Ferrucci, a tenant at Snow Hill Apartments at Laurel, Maryland, slipped and fell on a path leading to the apartments. On 27 July 1967 he sued “Minsh Corporation, T/A Snow Hill Apartments” (Minsh) for damages for the injuries he had sustained. On 17 August 1967 Minsh countered with a motion for security for costs under Maryland Rule' 328 a 1 with which Ferrucci complied on 18 December. On 19…