B. Frank Joy Co. v. Isaac

CHARLES E. ORTH, Jr., Judge, Specially Assigned.

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We have ofttimes been called upon in resolving an appeal to divine the Legislature’s intendment in its enactment of a particular statute. At times the legislative intent seems to be phantasmagoric. See Michael S. Miller, Ghost Hunting: Finding Legislative Intent in Maryland, A Checklist of Sources (October 1984) (unpublished manuscript available in the Maryland State Law Library); Michael S. Miller and Judith C. Levinson, “Ghost Hunting: Searching for Maryland Legislative History,” Maryland Bar Journal, July-August, 1989, at 11-16. Over the…