Legal Opinion

Wood's Ex'r. v. Fulton & Starck

Court of Appeals of Maryland

Decided June 15, 1827PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Arpear from Baltimore County Court. This was an action of debt upon an appeal bond dated the 25th of October 1816, executed by Thomas L. Savin, and others, with the defendant below, (whose executor the now appellant is,) as one of their sureties, to the plaintiffs, (the appellees,) reciting, that by a decree passed on the 6th of September 1S16, in a cause wherein the said Fulton 4’ Starch were complainants, and the said Thomas L. Savin, and others, were defendants, the said…

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Arpear from Baltimore County Court. This was an action of debt upon an appeal bond dated the 25th of October 1816, executed by Thomas L. Savin, and others, with the defendant below, (whose executor the now appellant is,) as one of their sureties, to the plaintiffs, (the appellees,) reciting, that by a decree passed on the 6th of September 1S16, in a cause wherein the said Fulton 4’ Starch were complainants, and the said Thomas L. Savin, and others, were defendants, the said defendants were decreed to pay to the said Fulton 4’ Starch the sum of @4472 50, with interest, &c. From which decree…

1Opinion of the CourtEaruu, J.

The action instituted in this case in the court below, is an action of debt on an appeal bond, against the appellant as surety. In the year 1811, one John M. Dennison mortgaged certain leasehold property in the city of Baltimore to Starck and Fulton, to secure them against any risk they might run by endorsing promissory notes in bank for Dennison 4’ Savin, to the supposed amount of about $3000.

There was a proceeding in chancery on this mortgage, in 1814, against Wesley Woods, the administrator of John M. Dennison, and Marcus Dennison, his son, about fourteen years of age, and Sarah Savin, his…

2Cited by4 opinions

  1. Jenkins v. HayCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1868
  2. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Brown v. Fidelity & Deposit Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1923
  3. Keen v. WhittongtonCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1874
  4. Smith v. ShafferCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1877

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