Schaible v. Home Insurance

The appeal in this, case is. from an order of the Court refusing to strike out- a judgment. The appellee brought suit in 1914 under the provisions of Chapter 385, of the Acts of 1912, now codified as section 77, of the Code of Local Laws of Baltimore County, and familiarly known as the Speedy Judgment Act, against the appellant and two others for the recovery of a certain amount growing out of a contract of insurance.

The said Act provides that :“In any suit when thei cause of action is a contract * * * the plaintiff * * * shall he entitled to judgment to he entered by the Court, or the clerk…