BRADY v. CITY OF LAUREL

No. 5, September Term, 1978.

40 Md. App. 373 (1978)

392 A.2d 89

THOMAS F. BRADY v. THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF LAUREL, MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided October 11, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Philip Nichols, Jr., with whom were Nichols & Hurtt on the brief, for appellant.

Paul B. Rodbell, with whom were Alan R. Friedman and Meyers & Billingsley, P.A. on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before GILBERT, C.J., and THOMPSON and LISS, JJ.


GILBERT, C.J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

Recognizing that "[a] policeman's lot is not a happy one,"1 but that courts must deal with the law, not morals,2 Judge Samuel W.H. Meloy, in the Circuit Court for Prince George's County, sustained, without leave to amend, the demurrer of the Mayor and City Council of Laurel, Maryland (Laurel) to the suit brought against them by Thomas F. Brady, a police officer...

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