Rimmey v. Getterman
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Baltimore County, in Equity. This is an appeal taken from an order dismissing the bill of complaint, with costs to the defendants. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Baltimore County, in Equity. This is an appeal taken from an order dismissing the bill of complaint, with costs to the defendants. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. In order to charge the general debts or personal engagements of a married woman upon her separate estate •as a lien in equity, it is necessary that it should affirmatively appear that her contract was made with direct- reference to her separate estate, and that it was her intention to charge the same. The intention to charge must be part of the contract, and it must be shown that she…
1Opinion of the CourtIrving, J.
The original bill in this cause, charges, that the appellee, Mary C. Getterman, wife of Lewis Getterman, is the owner of certain land in Baltimore County, and that at her request, and by her employment, the appellant built on her land certain houses, and that there remained due to the complainant on account of his work upon, and materials furnished for, the said houses, the sum of five hundred and ninety-nine dollars and thirty-one cents, for which he had a mechanics’ lien, and prayed for a sale of the property to pay the lien. The amended bill filed by leave of the Court adds to the charges…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Jarden v. PumphreyCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1872
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