Taney v. Bachtell
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from Washington count}' court. This was an action of covenant, instituted by the appellee against the appellant, upon the following agreement.
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Appeal from Washington count}' court. This was an action of covenant, instituted by the appellee against the appellant, upon the following agreement. “Memorandum of an agreement made this 16th day of February, 1848, between Ethelbert Taney, of Hancock, Washington county, Maryland, of the one part, and John Bachtell, of Morgan county, Virginia, witnesseth, that said Taney agrees to transfer his present stock of merchandize, together with the house and lot situated in the west end of Hancock, Maryland, and at present occupied by said Taney to the said Bachtell, for and in consideration of a…
1Opinion of the CourtMagruder, J.
This suit was brought in Washington county court by the *208appellee, in order to recover from the appellant damages, for the non-performance by him of certain articles of agreement. It appeal's that by those articles of agreement, entered into 16th July 1848, the appellant was to transfer certain goods with a house and lot in Hancock, Maryland, to the appellee, “for and in consideration of a farm on which is situated a grist mill, saw mill and milling apparatus,- said farm containing 232 acres.”
The declaration alleges, that, although he, (the appellee,) has performed or offered to perform every…
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