JACKSON v. JACKSON

No. 638, September Term, 1971.

15 Md. App. 615 (1972)

292 A.2d 145

JAMES F. JACKSON, III v. WILMA L. JACKSON.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided July 3, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Courtland K. Townsend, Jr., with whom were Clark & Cromwell on the brief, for appellant.

No appearance for appellee.

The cause was argued before ORTH, THOMPSON and POWERS, JJ.


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

Under Article 5 of the Declaration of Rights of the Constitution of Maryland of 1867, the inhabitants of this State are entitled to the common law as it existed in England on July 4, 1776, assuming of course, Maryland has made no change in the intervening period of time. Fischer v. Ball, 212 Md. 517, 129 A.2d 822, 825. See Latz v. Latz, a/k...

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