ORTH, C.J., delivered the opinion of the Court.
We hold in this case that a judgment of non pros rendered against a party asserting a claim at law because of his failure to comply with the requirements as to time allowed for pleading is not a bar to the filing of another suit based on the same cause of action.
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
On 20 December 1974 Phillip Tyson McQuaid, appellant, instituted an action at law in the Circuit Court...
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