State, Use, Clark v. Ferling

These are appeals by John W. Clark and Anna Marie Clark, surviving parents of William G. Clark, infant deceased, and John W. Clark, as administrator of the estate of said infant, from judgments entered in favor of Clement J. Ferling for costs following the sustaining of demurrers to the plaintiffs’ declarations. The questions raised in each appeal are identical; hence, the appeals may be considered as one.

The declaration, after reciting that the Maryland State Reformatory for Males is “under the personal direction of the defendant Clement J. Ferling, Superintendent” and that the deceased was…