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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... rent , which was said to be a grain rent , to be calculated from the fall of 1818 , when the wheat was seeded , to the day of sale . The plaintiffs then called Cornelius C. Money , by whom they proved that he was tenant on the farm at ...
... rent , which was said to be a grain rent , to be calculated from the fall of 1818 , when the wheat was seeded , to the day of sale . The plaintiffs then called Cornelius C. Money , by whom they proved that he was tenant on the farm at ...
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... rent . " But whether it be a rent payable in wheat , rye , oats , Indian corn or barley , does not appear ; nor can it be collected from the proof in the case . Whether it be of one bushel or one thousand bushels of grain . Suppose ...
... rent . " But whether it be a rent payable in wheat , rye , oats , Indian corn or barley , does not appear ; nor can it be collected from the proof in the case . Whether it be of one bushel or one thousand bushels of grain . Suppose ...
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... rent in arrear . And it would be strange if it were otherwise , for it would be absurd and repugnant ex vi termini to say , that goods in the custody of the law , could legally be taken out of the custody of the law . The instances last ...
... rent in arrear . And it would be strange if it were otherwise , for it would be absurd and repugnant ex vi termini to say , that goods in the custody of the law , could legally be taken out of the custody of the law . The instances last ...
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... rent , but subject to the exception , that if they be under execution they are in the custody of the law , and cannot be distrained . It is true that the property in the goods is not in such case in the landlord , but his right in law ...
... rent , but subject to the exception , that if they be under execution they are in the custody of the law , and cannot be distrained . It is true that the property in the goods is not in such case in the landlord , but his right in law ...
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... rent of $ 100 , payable on the 22d August annually , for the term of 99 years , & c . And because $ 200 of the said rent , for two years ending the 22d August , 1821 , was due and in arrear under said demise by defendant and her husband ...
... rent of $ 100 , payable on the 22d August annually , for the term of 99 years , & c . And because $ 200 of the said rent , for two years ending the 22d August , 1821 , was due and in arrear under said demise by defendant and her husband ...
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action admitted aforesaid agreement alleged alley amount appellant appellee assumpsit authority Baltimore County Bank of Maryland bill of exceptions bond by-laws cashier cause was argued charged Chase cited claim complainants consideration contract corporation Court of Chancery Court of equity creditors debt deceased declaration decree deed defendant delivered the opinion demurrer devise DORSEY endorsed equity estate tail execution executors fact failure of issue fee simple fieri facias Flannagan flour fraud gave in evidence Harford County heirs interest intestate Johns judgment jury Kane land Levy Court liable ment mortgage N. G. Ridgely non est factum paid parties payment plaintiff plea pleaded Port-au-Prince possession promise promissory note proof proved question R. S. Thomas rent replevin Ringgold rule Samuel Samuel Chase sold statute tenant testator testimony thereof Thomas tion tract trust Union Bank wife witness writ Zanesville
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Page 284 - 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 308 - 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 139 - PROVIDED ALWAYS, and it is the true intent and meaning of these presents, and of the parties...
Page 195 - 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 246 - That, in case it should at any time happen, that an election of directors should not be made upon any day when pursuant to this act it ought to have been made, the said corporation shall not, for that cause, be deemed to be dissolved ; but it shall be lawful, on any other day, to hold and make an election of directors in such manner as shall have been regulated by the laws and ordinances of the said corporation.
Page 304 - 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 341 - that where one person makes a promise to another for the benefit of a third person, that third person may maintain an action upon it.
Page 210 - 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 166 - ... 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 205 - ... 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.