Brown v. Murdock
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from (he Circuit court for Charles county. Action, brought on the 9th of November 1858, by the appellees against the appellants and Joseph Murdock, upon a counter-security bond, executed on the 21st of March 1851, by the defendants and Louisa A. Murdock, since dead, to the plaintiffs, as obligees, in the penalty of $3U00, and approved by the orphans court on the 9th of March 1852, and conditioned thus: The declaration alleges as a breach of this bond, that the said…
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Appeal from (he Circuit court for Charles county. Action, brought on the 9th of November 1858, by the appellees against the appellants and Joseph Murdock, upon a counter-security bond, executed on the 21st of March 1851, by the defendants and Louisa A. Murdock, since dead, to the plaintiffs, as obligees, in the penalty of $3U00, and approved by the orphans court on the 9th of March 1852, and conditioned thus: The declaration alleges as a breach of this bond, that the said parties in the said condition mentioned, did not, from time to time, and at all times after the making of said bond, well…
1Opinion of the CourtTuck, J.
This record shows that the appellees were sureties on the testamentary bond of Joseph and Louisa Murdock, as executors of Thomas Murdock, and that the bond now in suit was executed to them, as obligees, by direction of the orphans court, for the purpose of counter-securing them against loss as such sureties. The bond is dated the 21st of March 1851, and endorsed, “Approved by the court, March 9th, 1852.” The plaintiffs claim to recover the amount of a judgment rendered against them as sureties in the testamentary bond, at December term 1857, of the Circuit court for Charles county, and which…
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