Legal Opinion

Morgan v. Blackiston

Court of Appeals of Maryland

Decided June 15, 1820PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Appeal from Kent county court. It was an action debt on a bond dated the' 13th of April 1802. Judgment was given by the court below for the defendant, on a case stated.

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Appeal from Kent county court. It was an action debt on a bond dated the' 13th of April 1802. Judgment was given by the court below for the defendant, on a case stated. The facts agreed upon were, that Morgan,. the plaintiff, at the April term 1801, of the late General tíourt, obtained a judgment on a bond against one Samuel Davis, _ -, , _ , , i. for penalty and costs, to be released on payment of r J . _ $2200, with interest from the 24th of November 1796, 7 • 7 till paid, and costs. Payments were to be allowed, and there was a stay of execution until the 1st of January 1802. That Davis,…

1Opinion of the Court

The court

was of opinion, that the bond, on which the action was brought, could not be made to embrace any ether judgment than the one it recited; and as the judgment admitted by the case stated to have been obtained by the appellant against Davis, was rendered at April term 1801, of the general court, and the ene recited in the bond is of September term 1801, they thought the judgment below ought to be affirmed.

JUDGMENT AFFIRMED.

2Cited by2 opinions

  1. Tucker v. State ex rel. KneightonCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1857
  2. Eakle v. SmithCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1867

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