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SMITH v. HEARST CORP.

No. 654, September Term, 1980.

48 Md. App. 135 (1981)

426 A.2d 1

JOHN C. SMITH, INDIVIDUALLY, AND TRADING AS UNITED CARPET BROKERS v. THE HEARST CORPORATION, THE NEWS-AMERICAN DIVISION.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided March 5, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan R. Engel, with whom were Robert Allen Sapero and Sapero & Sapero on the brief, for appellant.

Edward S. Harris, with whom were Sagner, Steven & Harris on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before MOYLAN, MELVIN and MACDANIEL, JJ.

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

Judicial notice of a fact is an acceptable substitute for formal proof of such fact, when formal proof is clearly unnecessary to enhance the accuracy of the fact-finding process. Dean McCormick set out the general principles in his Law of Evidence (First Edition, 1954), Section 323, "The Need for and the Effect of Judicial Notice," pp. 687-688:

"The principal...

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