Bryans Road Building & Supply Co. v. Grinder

The "nice sharp quillets of the law” 1 are both weapon and shield, thrust and parry. Or, as appellant would say in this case, "my technicality prevails over your technicality.” In the end, it is the Court’s technicality, unrecognized as yet by either party, that will prevail.

This proceeding commenced on May 1, 1978, when appellant, a building supply company, sued Elvin Grinder, individually and trading as Grinder Construction, in the Circuit Court for Charles County, for some $5,900. The suit was for goods sold and delivered on a long-standing open account. Attached to the Declaration was a…