Legal Opinion
University of Maryland v. Maas
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided February 3, 1938No. [No. 68, October Term, 1937.]PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtShehan, J.
The Maas Construction Company sued the University of Maryland in the Superior Court of Baltimore City and recovered a judgment for $11,000 damages for breach of contract, from which the defendant appealed. The questions here presented for review of this court arise on the ruling on a demurrer to a second amended declaration, and brings into question the immunity of this university from suit by reason of its status as a governmental agency of the State, and also a question on the ruling on a prayer relating to an alleged breach of contract by the appellees, which, by their own wrong, it is…
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