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STATE v. RICE

No. 475, September Term, 1974.

24 Md. App. 631 (1975)

332 A.2d 296

STATE OF MARYLAND v. WALTER P. RICE ET UX.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided February 19, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl Harrison Lehmann, Special Attorney, with whom were Francis B. Burch, Attorney General and Nolan H. Rogers, Special Assistant Attorney General, on the brief, for appellant.

John C. Joyce, with whom were F. Robert Troll, Jr. and Duckett, Orem, Christie & Beckett on the brief, for appellees.

The cause was argued before THOMPSON, MOYLAN, DAVIDSON and MASON, JJ.

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

Walter P. Rice and Julia J. Rice, his wife, filed suit in the Circuit Court for Prince George's County against the State of Maryland for trespass. They recovered a verdict of $17,500 which the State apparently considers to be excessive. The only issues before us, however, involve the construction of a statute waiving the State's sovereign immunity and the proper measure of damages.

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