Lester v. Howard
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City. Motion to dismiss an appeal. — The facts material to the decision upon this motion are stated in the opinion of this Court.-
1Opinion of the CourtBowie, C. J.
An appeal was entered in this case by the defendant in proper person, on the 22nd September, 1863, and bond executed and approved.
The appellee moves to dismiss the appeal, and files an affidavit, in which he alleges, “ That judgment was obtained therein in favor of the plaintiffs, as well as in another suit in which he was also a plaintiff with different parties, in the Court of Common Pleas of Baltimore City, at May term, 1863. That subsequently the said Lester appealed to the plaintiffs to release the lien of said judgments on certain property belonging to him, which he was endeavoring to…
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