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PREISSMAN v. DIR., ENOCH PRATT LIB.

[No. 18, September Term, 1971.]

263 Md. 32 (1971)

282 A.2d 1

PREISSMAN v. DIRECTOR OF THE ENOCH PRATT FREE LIBRARY

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Motion for rehearing filed November 10, 1971.

Denied November 15, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Isidore Gordon Preissman for appellant.

Clayton A. Dietrich, Chief Assistant Solicitor, and Michael J. Doxzen, Assistant City Solicitor, with whom was George L. Russell, Jr., City Solicitor, on the brief, for appellee.

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

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

The appellant (Preissman) has been a member of the Baltimore bar for more than 30 years. In September 1970 he prayed the issuance of the writ of mandamus against the appellee (Castagna), the Director of the Enoch Pratt Free Library. Apparently unmindful of Maryland Rules BE40 c, 303 b, and 5 c he failed to verify his petition. The trial judge, Harry A. Cole, J., sustained the appellee's demurrer without leave to...

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