Dowling v. Smith
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore city. The act of 1853, ch. 409, required the clerks of the Court of Common Pleas, the Superior Court, and the Register of Wills, of Baltimore city, within thirty days after its passage, to file with the comptroller bonds in certain prescribed penalties, conditioned for the faithful performance of their duties, with sureties, the sufficiency of which was to be certified by the judges of the respective courts, the bonds to be…
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore city. The act of 1853, ch. 409, required the clerks of the Court of Common Pleas, the Superior Court, and the Register of Wills, of Baltimore city, within thirty days after its passage, to file with the comptroller bonds in certain prescribed penalties, conditioned for the faithful performance of their duties, with sureties, the sufficiency of which was to be certified by the judges of the respective courts, the bonds to be approved by the comptroller, and, when so approved, to be filed in his office. This act having omitted to designate the period…
1Opinion of the Court
*266The Judges delivered separate opinions in the case.
Le Grand, C. J.:
Looking to the proper interest manifested by a large portion of the community in the questions supposed to be involved in this case, and differing, as I do, in some particulars, from the opinion pronounced by my brother Mason, (which is concurred in, to a considerable extent, by my brother Tuck,) I deem it advisable to briefly indicate the views which I entertain in regard to the matter embraced by these appeals.
The case is before us on two appeals. First, on an appeal from an order passed by the judge of the Superior Court…
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