Legal Opinion
Fidelity & Deposit Co. v. Mattingly Lumber Co.
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided February 5, 1939No. [No. 14, January Term, 1939.]PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJohnson, J.
The judgment from which the present appeal is taken was entered upon an inquisition following a judgment by default (Code, art. 75, sec. 94) against appellant (defendant below) for failure to plead over after the trial court had sustained a demurrer to its general issue pleas as amplified by bill of particulars.
Primarily, the problem presented relates to the construction of three bonds executed to the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore by The P. C. Streett Engineering Company, as principal, and Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland, as surety, in connection with the awarding to the…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Head & Amory v. Providence Ins. Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1804
- Trustees of the German Lutheran Evangelical St. Matthew's Congregation v. HeiseCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1876
- Schaghticoke Powder Co. v. Greenwich & Johnsonville Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1905
- Chicago Lumber Co. v. DouglasSupreme Court of Kansas · 1913
- Champion Ice Mfg. & Cold Storage Co. v. American Bonding & Trust Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1903
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Adloo v. H.T. Brown Real Estate, Inc.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1996
- Attorney Grievance Commission v. KerpelmanCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1980
- President of Georgetown College v. MaddenDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1980
- Harmon v. State Roads CommissionCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1966
- Braun v. Ford Motor Co.Court of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1976
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