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PARAMOUNT DEVELOPMENT v. HUNTER

[No. 135, September Term, 1967.]

249 Md. 188 (1968)

238 A.2d 869

PARAMOUNT DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION v. HUNTER, ET AL.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided March 6, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur V. King for appellants.

Albert D. Brault, with whom were Brault, Scott & Brault on the brief, for Stuart Hunter, one of appellees; Edward B. Layne, Jr., with whom were McInerney, Latham & Layne on the brief, for James Cherrix, other appellee.

The cause was argued before HORNEY, MARBURY, BARNES, McWILLIAM and SINGLEY, JJ.

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

On an afternoon in March 1965, Stuart Hunter and James Cherrix, both then about 5 1/2 years old, entered a vacant and unlocked house at 706 Cabin John Parkway, in Rockville, Maryland, owned by Paramount Development Corporation (Paramount). The boys turned on an electric range; some newspapers were ignited; and the resulting damages to the house amounted to $5,612.50.

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