Henderson v. Mayhew
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Cross appeals from Baltimore County Court. This was an action of assumpsit, brought to May term of Baltimore county court 1842, by J. and G. Henderson against William E. Mayhew and others. The plaintiffs declared for goods sold and delivered, &c., and the defendants pleaded non assumpsit. The jury found a verdict for the defendants.
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Cross appeals from Baltimore County Court. This was an action of assumpsit, brought to May term of Baltimore county court 1842, by J. and G. Henderson against William E. Mayhew and others. The plaintiffs declared for goods sold and delivered, &c., and the defendants pleaded non assumpsit. The jury found a verdict for the defendants. Upon the trial of this cause, the plaintiffs, to support the issue upon their part, offered in evidence by Samuel Ellis, that he was a clerk for the plaintiffs, during the whole of the year 1841, and for several years before that timej and that he is now their…
1Opinion of the CourtMagruder, J.
This action was brought by the appellants, to recover from the appellee a sum of money alleged to be due, for supplies furnished for the brig Harriet, by the appellants.
It is not disputed that the supplies were furnished, but it is insisted by the appellees, that they are not responsible for them.
1st. Because they were not the owners of the vessel:
2nd. Because the credit was given to another, to wit, to Hugh Boyle.
There was certainly evidence offered to the jury, that the appellees were the owners of the vessel at the time that she was furnished with the supplies. But the account against the…
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