Legal Opinion
Pumphrey v. Pelton
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided August 19, 1968No. [No. 266, September Term, 1967.]PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
Appellants (Pumphrey) entered into a contract on March 22, 1956, relative to the operation of “Dairy Queen” stores in the Linthicum area of Anne Arundel County. The contract was originally with Ella E. Kelly, et al., (Kelly) and was by them assigned to appellee (Pelton). In the Dairy Queen operation Pelton held the state franchise. He assigned the franchise for certain counties to Kelly in 1951, which contract was assigned back to Pelton by Kelly in 1961.
Dairy Queen markets what is known in the trade as a “soft” ice cream or ice milk. The contract included the right to use the registered…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- Travelers Indemnity Company v. Nationwide Construction CorporationCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1966
- Gould v. Transamerican AssociatesCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1961
- Eastover Stores, Inc. v. MinnixCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1959
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