Seighman v. Marshall
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Washington county. By an agreement between Seighman and Jacob S. Marshall, dated the 9fh of October 1856, among other things, Seighman agreed to sell to Marshall all his interest in a newspaper and priming office called the “American Chronicle,” consisting of the types, presses, chases, and all his interest in the subscription lists and good will, and all the furniture in said office, for $1325.50, which sum Marshall stipulated to pay in…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Washington county. By an agreement between Seighman and Jacob S. Marshall, dated the 9fh of October 1856, among other things, Seighman agreed to sell to Marshall all his interest in a newspaper and priming office called the “American Chronicle,” consisting of the types, presses, chases, and all his interest in the subscription lists and good will, and all the furniture in said office, for $1325.50, which sum Marshall stipulated to pay in part m certain instalments, in money, &c., of which $300, with interest from the date of the agreement, was to be paid on…
1Opinion of the Court
Bartol, J.,
delivered (he opinion of this court.
The appellant brought this suit to recover a debt due to him from (he appellee’s intestate, upon a written contract; the appellee (who was defendant below) pleaded that his intestate, Jacob S. Marshall, in his lifetime, did agree as alleged in the declaration, and that the plaintiff is entitled to his action (hereon; “but that the deceased was, in his lifetime, largely indebted to sundry persons, in amounts greatly exceeding the assets of the estate of said deceased, which have come to the hands of the defendant, and that said assets are wholly…
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