Lister v. Allen ex rel. Ratcliffe
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Baltimore City Court. The facts are sufficiently detailed in the opinion.of the Court. Three questions arise in the decision of this case: The first is, was the claim purchased from Hanson negotiable or assignable, so as to vest in a holder or assignee of it a good legal title? The second, had Hanson power, by endorsing or assigning the certificate of claim on the treasury of Maryland, to transfer the property therein to the holder or assignee ? The third is,…
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Appeal from the Baltimore City Court. The facts are sufficiently detailed in the opinion.of the Court. Three questions arise in the decision of this case: The first is, was the claim purchased from Hanson negotiable or assignable, so as to vest in a holder or assignee of it a good legal title? The second, had Hanson power, by endorsing or assigning the certificate of claim on the treasury of Maryland, to transfer the property therein to the holder or assignee ? The third is, were the holders or assignees of the claim in any way answerable for the fraud of Hanson, if he defrauded the original…
1Opinion of the Court
Baiitol, C. «J.,
delivered the opinion of the Court.
The appellee, plaintiff below, was entitled under the laws of the State, as widow of Richard Allen, late a soldier in the United States Army, to receive from the treasury the sum of $300 for bounty due the deceased.
Her claim made out in due form of law, with the requisite affidavits and proof annexed, was placed by her for collection in the hands of William E. Hanson; and appended thereto was the following order or draft:
“ $300 186-.
“ The Treasurer of the State of Maryland pay to the order of William E. Hanson the sum of three hundred…
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