Legal Opinion

Hall v. Myers

Court of Appeals of Maryland

Decided January 19, 1876PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. Exception. — At the trial, the plaintiff offered the following prayer : If the jury find from the evidence, that the defendant occupied the premises of the plaintiff on the York Road, in Baltimore County, from the first day of May, 1868, for three years, and for the probable holding for so much longer time as he pleased, by virtue of a contract of renting by and between the…

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Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. Exception. — At the trial, the plaintiff offered the following prayer : If the jury find from the evidence, that the defendant occupied the premises of the plaintiff on the York Road, in Baltimore County, from the first day of May, 1868, for three years, and for the probable holding for so much longer time as he pleased, by virtue of a contract of renting by and between the plaintiff and defendant, at and for an annual rental of $800 per annum, payable quarterly, at the end of each quarter of the…

1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.

Suit was brought in the Court below, to recover from the appellant the sum of six hundred dollars, rent alleged to be due for tliree-fourtbs of a year beginning on the 1st day of May, 1873, and payable quarterly in the sum of two hundred dollars.

It appears that in the early part of 1868, the appellee rented to the appellant, certain property in Baltimore county, consisting of a dwelling-house and five acres of land attached, for three years, at an annual rent of eight hundred dollars. In pursuance of said contract, the appellant entered upon the premises, and continued to occupy the same,…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Jackson ex dem. Wood v. SalmonNew York Supreme Court · 1830
  2. Lesley v. RandolphSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1833
  3. Jackson ex dem. Livingston v. WilseyNew York Supreme Court · 1812

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Gostin v. NeedleCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1946
  2. Hobbs v. BatoryCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1897
  3. Feldmeyer v. WerntzCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1913
  4. Smith v. PritchettCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1935
  5. Brown v. KayserWisconsin Supreme Court · 1884

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