OWEN v. FREEMAN

[No. 58, September Term, 1976.]

279 Md. 241 (1977)

367 A.2d 1245

MARGARET A. OWEN v. NORMAN R. FREEMAN, JR.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided January 25, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan Schochor, with whom was Marvin Ellin on the brief, for appellant.

Richard Bloch, with whom were John F. King and Anderson, Coe & King on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before MURPHY, C.J., and SMITH, DIGGES, LEVINE, ELDRIDGE and ORTH, JJ.


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

This is the tale of a stale case. The legal issue presented by this appeal concerns the applicability of Maryland Rule 625 a, pertaining to trial courts' revisory power and control, to judgments of dismissal for lack of prosecution pursuant to Rule 528 L(6) of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City. Concluding both that Rule 625 a does apply to such final judgments and that the trial judge here erroneously failed to exercise...

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