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WILSON v. RUHL

[No. 125, September Term, 1975.]

277 Md. 607 (1976)

356 A.2d 544

WILSON ET UX. v. RUHL

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided May 5, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary A. Graham with whom were Graham, Graham & Graham on the brief, for appellants.

Saunders M. Almond, Jr., for appellee.

The cause was argued before SINGLEY, SMITH, DIGGES, LEVINE and ELDRIDGE, JJ.

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

By Chapter 12, § 2 of the Laws of 1974, now codified as Maryland Code (1974), Real Property Article § 8-207, effective 1 July 1974, the General Assembly abrogated the common law rule that a landlord was under no duty to mitigate damages in the event of a breach of the covenants of a residential lease by his tenant.1

Section 8-207 now provides, in part:

"(a)

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