Legal Opinion
Paramount Development Corp. v. Hunter
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided March 6, 1968No. [No. 135, September Term, 1967.]PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSingeEy, J.
On an afternoon in March 1965, Stuart Hunter and James Cherrix, both then about Sy2 years old, entered a vacant and unlocked house at 706 Cabin John Parkway, in Rockville, Maryland, owned by Paramount Development Corporation (Paramount) . The boys turned on an electric range; some newspapers were ignited; and the resulting damages to the house amounted to $5,612.50.
Paramount, the plaintiff below and appellant here, sued the boys and their parents; demurrers filed by the parents were sustained; the case against the boys was tried before a jury, which returned a verdict for the defendants; the…
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