LEGAL AID BUREAU, INC. v. BISHOP'S GARTH ASSOCS. LTD. P'SHIP.

No. 1350, September Term, 1987.

75 Md. App. 214 (1988)

540 A.2d 1175

LEGAL AID BUREAU, INC. v. BISHOP'S GARTH ASSOCIATES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

May 10, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melvin J. Sykes (Stuart R. Cohen, on the brief), Baltimore, for appellant.

Joan M. Becker (Reese & Carney, on the brief), Columbia, for appellee.

Argued before GILBERT, C.J., and BISHOP, J., and JAMES S. GETTY, Associate Judge of the Court of Special Appeals (retired), Specially Assigned.


GILBERT, Chief Judge.

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