State ex rel. President of Charlotte Hall School v. Greenwell
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Cross Appeals from Saint Marys County Court. This was an action of Debt, instituted on the 20th January, 1828, in the name of the State, for the use of the President and Trustees of the Charlotte Hall School, on the bond of Greenwell, as administrator of one Marcus Killion, dated 9th September, 1818, in the penalty of £5000. To the plea of general performance the plaintiff replied, That by a certain act of assembly, made and passed at &c.
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Cross Appeals from Saint Marys County Court. This was an action of Debt, instituted on the 20th January, 1828, in the name of the State, for the use of the President and Trustees of the Charlotte Hall School, on the bond of Greenwell, as administrator of one Marcus Killion, dated 9th September, 1818, in the penalty of £5000. To the plea of general performance the plaintiff replied, That by a certain act of assembly, made and passed at &c. (1719,) entitled, “ an act for the application of such in-testates’ estates, as leave no legal representatives, and for enforcing proceedings against…
1Opinion of the Court
Archer, Ch. J.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
These are cases of cross appeals from Saint Marys County Court; the plaintiffs appealing from the judgment of the County Court on the motion in arrest of judgment. And the defendant objecting to the opinion of the County Court expressed in three bills of exception taken at the trial.
We shall consider these cases as consolidated for the purposes of this opinion, and shall express our views, first, upon the various questions of evidence, and secondly, upon the questions arising under the motion in arrest of judgment, and as to the judgment…
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