· 6/19/1989
Bachmann v. Glazer & Glazer, Inc.
Citations
- 559 A.2d 365
- 316 Md. 405
- 1989 Md. LEXIS 97
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- stating that subrogation “is intended to provide relief against loss and damage to a meritorious creditor who has paid the debt of another”
- presenting an example of conventional subrogation where there was an agreement between a third party and creditor, that if the third party paid a tenant’s rent, the third party would be entitled payment of that rent from the tenant’s rent guarantor
- “A conventional subrogee is not necessarily entitled to subrogation as a matter of legal right; the relative equities of the parties are still to be balanced.”
- \A conventional subrogee is not necessarily entitled to subrogation as a matter of legal right; the relative equities of the parties are still to be balanced.\
- “When a contract is comprised of more than one document, the writings are to be read and construed together as if they were one instrument.”
- “The doctrine is a legal fiction whereby an obligation extinguished by a payment made by a third person is treated as still subsisting for the benefit of this third person.”
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Eldridge, Cole, Rodowsky, McAuliffe, Adkins, Blackwell, Smith
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