Towson v. Havre-de-Grace Bank
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Api'eai. from Baltimore county court. The plaintiffs [how appellees,) brought an action on the. ca.se against the defendant, (ihe appellant,) being an innkeeper, for the loss of goods, &c.
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Api'eai. from Baltimore county court. The plaintiffs [how appellees,) brought an action on the. ca.se against the defendant, (ihe appellant,) being an innkeeper, for the loss of goods, &c. The declaration states, “That whereas, according to the law and customs of this state, innkeepers, who keep common inns to entertain persons travelling by, or sojourning at the places where such inns are kept, by day and night, are to keep and preserve such guests and their money, goods and chattels, and also tiic money,- goods and chattels, of any other citizens or bodies politic of this state, being in…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Buchanan, j.-
The testimony, (substantially,) oñ which the appellees rested their case, as stated in the bill of exceptions, was that John Hogg', intending to go to Baltimore for the purpose of purchasing goods, and having two hundred and fifty dollars in notes of the Havre-de-Oracé B'dhk, applied to the cashier of that institution for Baltimore paper in exchange, who gavé him an equal amount irt Baltimoré paper; but left the notes of the Havre-de-Grace Bank in the hands of Hoggi and directed him to pass them away in Bahimorii for the benefit of the…
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