Vogel v. Grant

ELDRIDGE, Judge.

We granted the petition for a writ of certiorari in this case to consider important procedural issues in connection with a jury trial demand in a District Court civil action.

On February 24, 1981, Dr. Daniel Grant, a mechanical engineer, filed an action against Kenneth Vogel and Leonard Vogel, trading as Vogel Builders, in the District Court of Maryland, at the Silver Spring location of the court. Grant, represented by counsel, alleged that he had entered into a contract with the Vogels under which Grant was to render services, and that the Vogels had refused to pay him the…