Burkert v. Smith

201 Md. 452 (1953)

94 A.2d 460

BURKERT ET AL.

v.

SMITH ET AL.

[No. 77, October Term, 1952.]

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided February 6, 1953.

The cause was argued before SOBELOFF, C.J., and DELAPLAINE, COLLINS, HENDERSON and HAMMOND, JJ.

Noah A. Hillman and C. Osborne Duvall for the appellants.

Michael Paul Smith, with whom were W. Lee Harrison and Albert J. Goodman on the brief, for the appellees.

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