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HOGAN v. STUMPER

[No. 357, September Term, 1969.]

257 Md. 520 (1970)

263 A.2d 571

HOGAN v. STUMPER

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided April 3, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Earl V. Hogan in proper person.

Submitted on brief by Lloyd E. James, Sr., for appellee.

The cause was argued before McWILLIAMS, SINGLEY, SMITH and DIGGES, JJ. and RIDGELY P. MELVIN, JR., Associate Judge of the Fifth Judicial Circuit, specially assigned.

PER CURIAM:

Hogan, alleging that Stumper had assaulted him on 16 May 1968, sued Stumper in the Circuit Court for Prince George's County, claiming $5,000 in compensatory damages and $20,000 in punitive damages. The suit was filed on 4 August 1969.

Stumper pleaded limitations specially, relying on Code (1957, 1968 Repl. Vol.) Art. 57 § 1 which provides in part:

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