Myers v. King ex rel. King
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas. The facts of the case are stated in the ojiinion of the Court.' The appellant Kane was the sheriff by whom the writ of fieri facias, referred to in the case was executed. The appeal was taken from the action of the Court below, (G-arey, J.,) in refusing all the prayers of the defendants and granting certain instructions of its own.
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Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas. The facts of the case are stated in the ojiinion of the Court.' The appellant Kane was the sheriff by whom the writ of fieri facias, referred to in the case was executed. The appeal was taken from the action of the Court below, (G-arey, J.,) in refusing all the prayers of the defendants and granting certain instructions of its own. These prayers and instructions are substantially set forth in the opinion of this Court; and their insertion in full is deemed unnecessary to the elucidation of the questions presented.
1Opinion of the CourtBowie, J.
The appellants, James A. Myers and Jacob Myers, having obtained a judgment, in the Baltimore City Court, against Wm. H. King, the husband of the appellee, sued out thereon, a writ of fieri facias, by virtue of which, certain articles of household furniture, found in the dwelling house of King and wife, (and claimed by the latter to be her separate property) were seized, and sold.
The appellee, thereupon sued the appellants in trespass, for breaking and entering her mansion, and wrongfully taking and carrying away her goods, and converting them to their own use. The defendants, (now appellants)…
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