Case law

Brown v. Smart

69 Md. 320 · Court of Appeals of Maryland · Jun 14, 1888

If, however, a creditor, being a citizen of another State, invokes the aid of the insolvent laws, or voluntarily makes himself a party to the proceedings thereunder, he thereby abandons his extra-territorial immunity, and … Therefore, under the statute to which we have referred, the making the deed of assignment was clearly an act of insolvency, subjecting the debtor to adjudication, and such adjudication of the debtor as an insolvent, based

G. E. M., Inc. v. Plough, Inc.

228 Md. 484 · Court of Appeals of Maryland · May 2, 1962

Section 91 (d) provides a penalty of $200 for failure to qualify or register as required under section 90. … Whether a foreign corporation may maintain a suit without qualifying or registering clearly depends upon whether it is “doing business” as defined in the cases on the subject.

Housing Authority v. Woodland

438 Md. 415 · Court of Appeals of Maryland · Mar 26, 2014

This Court clearly disagrees with that a doctor has to be a certified risk assessor to testify. … Dackman Co. only found the immunity provisions of the Lead Act invalid. 422 Md. 357 , 30 A.3d 854 (2011). We severed the remainder of the Lead Act that did not speak to potential immunity from the invalid portions.

Lamone v. Capozzi

396 Md. 53 · Court of Appeals of Maryland · Dec 11, 2006

Early voting, instead, fundamentally changes the very principles established in the Constitution. … We reject the appellants’ argument and hold that Article I, § 3 clearly indicates that the inability to vote personally applies to “ab *91 sent” voters, not those who find the voting day to be inconvenient.

Blocher v. Harlow

268 Md. 571 · Court of Appeals of Maryland · May 11, 1973

Blocher qualified as administrator or executor of the Schrott estate on *574 September 9, 1966. … This right would mature as soon as that personal representative did qualify. Miss Harlow possessed the tools under Code (1957, 1964 Repl. Vol.)

Coffey v. Derby Steel Co.

291 Md. 241 · Court of Appeals of Maryland · Oct 13, 1981

Coffey is bound by the testimony adduced by him at trial, which clearly establishes that the work here was a part of the "trade, business or occupation” of Derby, such testimony having been neither rebutted, contradicted, … What we expected of the testing agency was that they would establish a level of quality of workmanship so that welders were qualified, that welders have a very definite procedure, which they go through to be qualified as

In Re Application of RGS

312 Md. 626 · Court of Appeals of Maryland · Jun 6, 1988

The supervised aspect of this applicant’s employment comports with the policies established in Bar Admission Rules 18, 19, and 20. … The rule establishes three categories of activity that may be used to qualify for admission without full examination; one is service “as a judge of a court of record”; another is "full-time teaching] of law” at an ABA approved

Prince George's County v. Blumberg

288 Md. 275 · Court of Appeals of Maryland · Sep 19, 1980

ordered, on January 30, 1979, that the county and WSSC reissue the revoked permits; awarded $3,673,919 in compensatory damages against the county; dismissed the damage action against the WSSC on the ground of sovereign immunity … this Court, the petitioners, as well as the respondents as cross-petitioners, raised numerous issues (nine in all) regarding the decision below, including, among others, whether Prince George’s County and the WSSC have immunity

Steiner Construction Co. v. Comptroller of Treasury

209 Md. 453 · Court of Appeals of Maryland · Apr 5, 1956

Later the Court added, “The exemption recognized in the first paragraph [of Rule 70] depends upon the use to which the property is put, and not upon the immunity of the user, even though such immunity does not extend to its … The nature of each of the 47 contracts is clearly shown.

Norman v. Borison

418 Md. 630 · Court of Appeals of Maryland · Apr 22, 2011

We noted the distinction that “absolute immunity extends ... … We cast no light here on the law of conditional or qualified privilege.

Gaines v. Reutch

64 Md. 517 · Court of Appeals of Maryland · Mar 9, 1886

The testator, Andrew Reutch, died May 1st, 1883, and the appellee qualified as executor of his will on the 22d of the same month. … to ten per cent., and has allowed eight joer cent., which is within the maximum amount which they may allow on the first twenty thousand dollars of an estate coming within the operation of the Act of 1884, its action was clearly

General Motors Corp. v. Piskor

281 Md. 627 · Court of Appeals of Maryland · Dec 23, 1977

They merely replied that they wanted to establish his identity. … Hence, since no actual malice had been established, appellee could not, as a matter of law, recover such damages.

Torcaso v. Watkins, Clerk

223 Md. 49 · Court of Appeals of Maryland · Jun 30, 1960

States and a resident of Montgomery County for more than two years past, had been duly appointed by the Governor a notary public in and for that County, but when he went to the Clerk’s office to obtain his commission and qualify … Clearly, the Legislature was empowered to prescribe additional oaths of office, but there is no suggestion that the Legislature could dispense with the oath of support and fidelity, or the declaration of belief.

Mills v. State

278 Md. 262 · Court of Appeals of Maryland · Sep 15, 1976

Mosley establishes that the Supreme Court does not interpret literally the Miranda language that after a suspect requests an attorney “there can be no questioning” and that the Court sees the rule as a qualified one which … is not relied on to establish probable cause.

State v. Galicia

479 Md. 341 · Court of Appeals of Maryland · Jun 27, 2022

DaSilva was to establish an implied assertion by Mr. Garcia-Gaona that Mr. … Garcia-Gaona that clearly implicated his younger brother in the murders and, less clearly, Mr. Canales-Yanez. She also hoped to elicit from Ms. DaSilva the absence of such a statement by Mr.

Lane v. State

348 Md. 272 · Court of Appeals of Maryland · Dec 15, 1997

That issue was clearly not raised in or considered by the circuit court, although it was implicitly decided in the entry of the conviction. … The marital “exemption” has been clearly *294 abrogated with respect to that conduct, and with that abrogation, the entire foundation for any supposed immunity against prosecution for the separate crime of attempt disappeared

Conolly v. Riley

25 Md. 402 · Court of Appeals of Maryland · Jul 12, 1866

, on the alleged ground of insufficiency in the allegations of the bill, and for the further reason that the oath verifying the statements of the bill, does not affirmatively appear to have been administered by a person qualified … Lewis, 7 Gill, 377 ; and, in our opinion, the rule established by these cases may be applied here.

Lambert v. State

196 Md. 57 · Court of Appeals of Maryland · Aug 18, 1950

Immunity from illegal search was one of the early freedoms claimed by the colonists and provisions with respect to it were inserted in the first Maryland Constitution. … The place was barricaded, and it seems to us, beyond any reasonable doubt, that the appellants were there for the purpose of running a gambling establishment and of taking bets on races, and that these bets were noted on

Palmore v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad

156 Md. 4 · Court of Appeals of Maryland · Jun 21, 1928

In support of that contention the appellant said: “So far as it deals with the claims for wages or salaries actually earned, it is clearly an unwarranted interference with the owner’s liberty of contract and right of property … And while there should be no paltering with any real assault upon the rights, privileges, and immunities guaranteed to the citizen by the constitution of this state or of the United States, on the other hand there can be

Belle Isle Cab Co. v. Pruitt

187 Md. 174 · Court of Appeals of Maryland · Oct 30, 1946

For the reasons stated in this Court’s opinion, the driver of the station wagon clearly was negligent. … . *185 They did not intend to establish there an unqualified stop intersection.