DODGE PARK ENTERPRISES, INC. v. WELSH, Jr., et al., 237 Md. 570

Summary

The client brought an action against three lawyers to recover damages claimed to have resulted from the inaccurate and negligent preparation of various deeds. The declaration, in justification of the bringing of the suit in Montgomery County, alleged that the lawyers were a partnership that engaged in the general practice of law throughout the state, and in particular, in Montgomery and Prince George's County. The lawyers challenged the venue, pursuant to Md. R. Civ. P., Dist. Ct. 3-23a3 and 3-23c, by moving to dismiss the action on the grounds that each of them was a resident of Prince George's County and maintained an office in that county only, and that the acts complained of all took place in that county. The trial court granted the lawyers' motion to dismiss the case. The court of appeals found that the allegations of the client were not denied by the lawyers in their motion to dismiss. They claimed only that they lived and maintained their law office in Prince George's County, ...