Marine Midland Trust Co. v. State National Bank

This dustup began in May 1970 when James Barrier sued the appellant (Marine Midland) and the appellee (State National). Judge Smith, for the Court, has recounted the dreary details of that litigation in Barrier v. Marine Midland Trust Company of Southern New York, 263 Md. 596, 284 A. 2d 418 (1971). We shall not repeat them here. It is necessary, however, to examine State National’s cross-claim against Marine Midland for it is out of that cross-claim that this appeal arises.

State National, in the first count of its cross-claim, filed on 26 February 1971, alleged, in substance, that:

1. On 18…