NORTHWEST'N NAT. INS. CO. v. ROSOFF

[Nos. 163-164, October Term, 1949.]

195 Md. 421 (1950)

73 A.2d 461

NORTHWESTERN NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY v. SAMUEL R. ROSOFF, LTD., ET AL. HOME INSURANCE COMPANY v. SAMUEL R. ROSOFF, LTD., ET AL. (Two Appeals in Separate Records)

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided May 17, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Frederick Taylor, with whom were Harry W. Allers and Allers & Cochran on the brief, for the appellant, the Northwestern National Insurance Company.

Charles Markell, Jr., with whom were Clayton A. Dietrich and Cook, Ruzicka, Veazey & Gans on the brief, for the appellant, the Home Insurance Company.

Donald N. Rothman, with whom was Simon E. Sobeloff on the brief, for the appellee, Samuel R. Rosoff, Ltd.

F. Clifford Hane, Assistant City Solicitor of Baltimore, with whom was Thomas N. Biddison, City Solicitor, on the brief, for the appellee, the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore.

The cause was argued before MARBURY, C.J., COLLINS, GRASON and HENDERSON, JJ.


MARBURY, C.J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

These two cases are samples of 40 odd cases in which the same questions have been raised below. Appeals in the other cases are contingent, as to their completion, upon the decision in the cases before us. All of the cases are suits by homeowners against their insurance companies for damages to their premises alleged to have been caused by explosions in the period from February through July, 1948. The several insurance...

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