Coppage v. Orlove

We shall here reverse the action of a circuit court judge in granting the motion of defendant appellees, Stanley J. Orlove and Allan M. Orlove (the Orloves), to dismiss an action brought by appellant John H. Cop-page as receiver for The National Motors Insurance Company (Coppage). The motion was made under Maryland Rule 323 a (7) on the ground of the “pendency of another action between the same parties for the same cause”. It asked in the alternative for a stay of this proceeding which was one against the Orloves individually and trading as Basin and Basin for sums allegedly due the insolvent…