Legal Opinion
Brown v. Smith
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
Decided March 29, 2007No. 0929 Sept. Term, 2005PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ADKINS, Judge.
In this case, we must examine the nature of a nominal damages award, and whether there is a maximum limitation on the dollar amount that can be considered nominal damages. We do so in the context of a claim that appellants and crossappellees Erin and Norma Brown trespassed on property owned by Grace and Viola Smith, appellees and cross-appellants, by traveling over a farm lane to access a public road from the Browns’ property. The Browns appeal from the circuit court’s decision that they had no right to use the farm lane, and from its award of $8,350 in “nominal damages” against…
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