SMITH v. GEHRING

No. 533, September Term, 1985.

64 Md. App. 359 (1985)

496 A.2d 317

JAMIE MacDERMOTT SMITH v. ANNE E. GEHRING.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

September 5, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan D. Campbell, Baltimore, for appellant.

Austin W. Brizendine, Jr., Towson, for appellee.

Argued before GARRITY, ADKINS and KARWACKI, JJ.


ADKINS, Judge.

The issues in this case are (1) whether what appellant characterizes as misjoinder of a defendant and what appellee characterizes as mere misnomer can be corrected by amendment of a pleading after limitations have run, and (2) whether the doctrine of laches is now available as a defense to a legal, as opposed to an equitable, claim. The Circuit Court for Baltimore County (DeWaters, J.) accepted the amendment and refused to apply laches. We affirm.<...

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