Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Court of Appeals of Maryland and in the High Court of Chancery of Maryland, from First Harris & McHenry's Reports to First Maryland Reports [1658-1851], Volumes 11-12M. Curlander, 1883 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... gave to the jury . The defendant excepted . Verdict for the defendant on the first count , and for the plaintiff on the second . Judgment upon the ver- dict . The defendant appealed to this Court . The cause was argued at the last June ...
... gave to the jury . The defendant excepted . Verdict for the defendant on the first count , and for the plaintiff on the second . Judgment upon the ver- dict . The defendant appealed to this Court . The cause was argued at the last June ...
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... gave the remaining two - thirds to his sisters , Elizabeth Ramsay and Mary Hood , forever , and directed the division to be made after the payment of all his debts . He appointed his wife executrix of his will , which trust she accepted ...
... gave the remaining two - thirds to his sisters , Elizabeth Ramsay and Mary Hood , forever , and directed the division to be made after the payment of all his debts . He appointed his wife executrix of his will , which trust she accepted ...
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... gave rise to the present appeal , presupposes , and is bottomed upon , the existence of the part- nership between Spencer and Coursey , at the time the promissory note was drawn , upon which this suit was instituted . This note was ...
... gave rise to the present appeal , presupposes , and is bottomed upon , the existence of the part- nership between Spencer and Coursey , at the time the promissory note was drawn , upon which this suit was instituted . This note was ...
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... gave evi- dence that he was one of the jurors who tried the said cause , and that he remembered the only fact disputed by the parties before the jury was , whether or not the witnesses to the will subscribed their names thereto in the ...
... gave evi- dence that he was one of the jurors who tried the said cause , and that he remembered the only fact disputed by the parties before the jury was , whether or not the witnesses to the will subscribed their names thereto in the ...
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... gave . The plaintiff excepted . 66 3. The defendant then upon all the evidence , prayed the Court to instruct the jury , that if they believed from such evidence , that after the witnesses to the will had attested and subscribed it in ...
... gave . The plaintiff excepted . 66 3. The defendant then upon all the evidence , prayed the Court to instruct the jury , that if they believed from such evidence , that after the witnesses to the will had attested and subscribed it in ...
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Page 276 - That no action shall be brought .... whereby to charge the defendant upon any special promise to answer for the debt, default, or miscarriage of another person .... unless the agreement upon which such action shall be brought, or some memorandum or note thereof, shall be in writing, and signed by the party to be charged therewith, or some other person thereunto by him lawfully authorized.
Page 300 - Thousand dollars in hand paid by the said party of the second part, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, have granted, bargained, and sold, and by these presents do grant, bargain, and sell, unto the said party of the second part...
Page 131 - PROVIDED ALWAYS, and it is the true intent and meaning of these presents, and of the parties...
Page 187 - After all the evidence had been submitted, the defendant below asked the court to instruct the jury that the plaintiff was not entitled to recover...
Page 296 - Be it known that as well in own name as for and in the name and names of all and every other person or persons to whom the same doth, may, or shall appertain, in part or in all...
Page 202 - Prior to the passage of the act, a deviation was defined as a ' voluntary departure without necessity or reasonable cause from the regular and usual course of the voyage.
Page 158 - ... or any other words which may import either a want or failure of issue of any person in his lifetime or at the time of his death, or an indefinite failure of his issue, shall be construed to mean a want or failure of issue in the lifetime or at the time of the death of such person, and not an indefinite failure of his issue, unless a contrary intention shall appear...
Page 197 - ... all other perils, losses, and misfortunes that have or shall come to the hurt, detriment, or damage of the said goods and merchandises and ship, &c., or any part thereof.