Bixler v. Sellman
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Carroll County, in Equity. By virtue of the authority conferred by two deeds of trust, Charles T. Reifsnider, trustee, sold certain property of Joshua Sellman, and the sales were reported to and ratified by the Court; and the case was referred to the auditor to state an account; and he was also directed to give notice to the creditors of the said Sellman to file their claims properly authenticated.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Carroll County, in Equity. By virtue of the authority conferred by two deeds of trust, Charles T. Reifsnider, trustee, sold certain property of Joshua Sellman, and the sales were reported to and ratified by the Court; and the case was referred to the auditor to state an account; and he was also directed to give notice to the creditors of the said Sellman to file their claims properly authenticated. Among the claims filed was that of Caroline M. Bixler for services rendered in work and labor, for personal attention to said Joshua Sellman, who was her…
1Opinion of the CourtFowler, J.
The motion to dismiss the appeal in this case must be overruled. It is apparent from the affidavit of the clerk of the Circuit Court for Carroll County, which has been filed in this Court, that the appellants were in no manner responsible for the delay in transmitting the transcript of the record.
The question involved in this case has been much considered in many of the Courts, both in England and America, and the general rule as recently adopted by *496this Court in Bantz, Ex’r vs. Bantz, et al., 52 Md., 693, &c., would seem to be not only reasonable in itself, but is supported by the great…
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- Tyler v. BurringtonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1876
- McGarvy v. RoodsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1887
- Appeal of BarhiteSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1889
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