Snowden v. Reid
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Baltimore County, in Equity. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the CourtBryan, J.
John Patterson drew his check for thirty-eight hundred dollars in favor of Charles D. Reid, and delivered it to him. The question in this controversy is whether the transaction was a gift or a loan of money.
The evidence shows that in his check-book on the stub of the check, Patterson made at the time it was drawn this memorandum: “No. 4274, 1st Oct., 1884, Charles D. Reid, loaned $3,800.” Patterson and Reid were partners doing business in the City of Baltimore under the name of John Patterson. All checks were drawn by Patterson alone, and he used the same check-book for those drawn on his…
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