SMITH v. ATTORNEY GENERAL

No. 1284, September Term, 1979.

46 Md. App. 78 (1980)

415 A.2d 651

MARILYN SMITH T/A SMITH FURNITURE COMPANY ET AL. v. ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided June 17, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Dwight Pettit, with whom was Jerome Shuman on the brief, for appellants.

Jonathan Acton, II, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Stephen H. Sachs, Attorney General, and William Leibovici, Assistant Attorney General, on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before GILBERT, C.J., and MOORE and COUCH, JJ.


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

This appeal would never have arisen in the days of yore, when caveat emptor ruled supreme. Those days, it seems, are gone forever, and if not, are at least passe at this time. Caveat emptor has been replaced by caveat venditor. The instant case is concerned with the Maryland General Assembly's effort to afford greater protection to the consumer in the form of Consumer Protection Laws (CPL), Maryland...

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