J.B. CORPORATION v. FOWLER

[No. 400, September Term, 1969.]

258 Md. 432 (1970)

265 A.2d 876

J.B. CORPORATION v. FOWLER

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided June 5, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George W. McManus, Jr., with whom were Richard Baldwin Moore and J. Harlan Livezey on the brief, for appellant.

N. Paul Cronin for appellee.

The cause was argued before HAMMOND, C.J., and McWILLIAMS, FINAN, SINGLEY, SMITH and DIGGES, JJ.


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

We here hold that there was an abuse of discretion upon the part of a judge who refused to set aside a judgment before it became enrolled to permit a plea of set-off.

Appellee, Howard James Fowler (plaintiff), sued appellant, J.B. Corporation (defendant), in the Circuit Court for Harford County. The suit alleged purchase by plaintiff from defendant of an airplane with $3,000.00 paid down, that defendant "proposed...

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