Court of Appeals of Maryland· 6/19/1989

Bachmann v. Glazer & Glazer, Inc.

Citations

559 A.2d 365
316 Md. 405
1989 Md. LEXIS 97

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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.”

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Judges: Eldridge, Cole, Rodowsky, McAuliffe, Adkins, Blackwell, Smith

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