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CROMWELL v. SHARON BLDG. ASSOC.

[No. 272, September Term, 1958.]

220 Md. 317 (1959)

152 A.2d 548

CROMWELL v. SHARON BUILDING & LOAN ASSOCIATION, INC. ET AL.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided June 26, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

O. Bowie Duckett for the appellant.

R. Lewis Bainder for the corporate appellee.

No brief and no appearance for Oscar Brilliant, appellee.

The cause was argued before BRUNE, C.J., and HENDERSON, HAMMOND, PRESCOTT and HORNEY, JJ.

PRESCOTT, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

Ida Cromwell, an elderly and illiterate Negro woman, her two daughters and eight grandchildren decided, in 1956, to place new shingles on the roof of her small home and to make certain repairs to the porch. It turned out to be a fateful and unfortunate undertaking for them. Ida contracted with a company, Home Modernizers, now out of business, to do the work. The shingles on the roof were to cost $695; the repairs to...

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