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STANDARD, INC. v. ALEXANDER, INC.

[No. 243, October Term, 1956.]

214 Md. 214 (1957)

133 A.2d 460

STANDARD INDUSTRIES, INC. v. ALEXANDER SMITH, INC. ALEXANDER SMITH, INC. v. STANDARD INDUSTRIES, INC. (Two Appeals In One Record)

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided June 27, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melvin J. Sykes, with whom was Charles F. Obrecht on the brief, for Standard Industries, Inc., appellant and cross-appellee.

Lawrence B. Fenneman and Philip Heller Sachs, for Alexander Smith, Inc., appellee and cross-appellant.

The cause was argued before BRUNE, C.J., and COLLINS, HENDERSON, HAMMOND and PRESCOTT, JJ.

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

The suit below was a bill by a landlord, Standard Industries, Inc., seeking a declaration that a lease between it and Alexander Smith, Inc., tenant, was binding until the expiration of its stated term, June 30, 1956. In August, 1955, the property was flooded during the passage of Hurricane Connie and the tenant, claiming that resulting damage justified the action, cancelled the lease. The case was tried in open court...

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