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SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That this act shall
take effect from the date of its passage.
Approved April 5, 1888.
Chapter 366.
AN ACT to add an additional section to article
twenty-nine of the Code of Public General
Laws, to be numbered fifteen A, in regard to
judgments of non pros.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-
bly of Maryland, That the following be and the
same is added as an additional section to article
twenty-nine of the Code of Public General Laws
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Additional
section.
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of Maryland, to be numbered fifteen A, wher-
ever, by reason of the verdict of a jury being
below the jurisdiction of the court in which the
same is rendered, a judgment of non pros, is
entered, the record of such judgment shall be a
bar to any action founded upon the same cause
of action in that or any court, the limit of whose
jurisdiction shall be greater than the amount of
such verdict ; but the amount of such verdict,
less such costs as may be adjudged against the
plaintiff, shall be a debt from the defendant to
the plaintiff, recoverable in any court that may
have jurisdiction to that amount, or before a
justice of the peace, as the case may be ; and a
short copy of the verdict and judgment, with
the legally taxed bill of costs, shall be conclu-
sive evidence of the balance so recoverable.
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