Crockett v. Parke
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from Baltimore county court. Upon the application of the appellant, a writ of certiorari issued out of Baltimore county court, directed to Samuel D, Price and John Wise, two justices of Baltimore county, commanding them to bring before said court certain proceedings had before them, instituted by Margaret Parke, the appellee, against the appellant, under the act of 1793, ch. 43, for a forcible entry and detainer.
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Appeal from Baltimore county court. Upon the application of the appellant, a writ of certiorari issued out of Baltimore county court, directed to Samuel D, Price and John Wise, two justices of Baltimore county, commanding them to bring before said court certain proceedings had before them, instituted by Margaret Parke, the appellee, against the appellant, under the act of 1793, ch. 43, for a forcible entry and detainer. The principal informality in the proceedings before the justices, alleged in the application, was, that the jury, before they had agreed upon their inquisition, separated…
1Opinion of the Court
Dorsey, G, J.,
delivered the opinion of this court.
On the motion to dismiss the appeal before us, the only question for our determination is, does the sixth section of the act of 1785, ch. 87, warrant such an appeal? If it does, then the motion to dismiss must be over-ruled; if it does not, then the present appeal must be dismissed. In 2 Tidd’s Prac., 1188, it is said, “that whenever a neiv jurisdiction is erected by act of Parliament, and the court or judge that exercise this jurisdiction, act as a court or judge of record, according to the course of the common law, a Avrit of error lies on…
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