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ROCKHILL v. UNITED STATES

[Misc. No. 13, September Term, 1979.]

288 Md. 237 (1980)

418 A.2d 197

EUNICE L. ROCKHILL AND THE FLAG HARBOR CORPORATION v. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA THROUGH ITS AGENCY THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided August 13, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul D. Bekman, with whom were Mark D. Dopkin and Kaplan, Heyman, Greenberg, Engelman & Belgrad, P.A. on the brief, for petitioners.

C. Edward Hitchcock, with whom were Russell T. Baker, Jr., and Lynne A. Battaglia on the brief, for respondent.

The cause was argued before MURPHY, C.J., and SMITH, DIGGES, ELDRIDGE, COLE, DAVIDSON and RODOWSKY, JJ.

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

This matter comes to us from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland under the Maryland Uniform Certification of Questions of Law Act.1 It arises on a motion to dismiss a complaint. In essence we are asked whether, under Maryland law, a mortgage lender whose loan is for construction or repair purposes and who obtains lien priority by subordination, thereby owes a duty...

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