Chase v. Manhardt
High Court of Chancery of Maryland
This bill was filed on the 30th of December, 1818, by Samuel Chase against Christian L. Manhardt, and others ; in which it is alleged, that the defendant Manhardt had obtáined a judgment against James Bryden for a large sum of money, upon which he had sued out an attachment, and h'ad it laid in the hands of this plaintiff Chase, as garnishee of the defendant Bryden ; upon which attachment Manhardt had, by surprise and fraud, obtained a judgment of condemnation against the…
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This bill was filed on the 30th of December, 1818, by Samuel Chase against Christian L. Manhardt, and others ; in which it is alleged, that the defendant Manhardt had obtáined a judgment against James Bryden for a large sum of money, upon which he had sued out an attachment, and h'ad it laid in the hands of this plaintiff Chase, as garnishee of the defendant Bryden ; upon which attachment Manhardt had, by surprise and fraud, obtained a judgment of condemnation against the plaintiff for an amount which he did not owe to Bryden. Whereupon the plaintiff prayed'for an injunction to stay execution…
1Opinion of the Court
Kilty, Chancellor.
The motion to dissolve the injunction in this case, came on to be heard according to notice, and was argued by counsel for Manhardt, (the said counsel having also been made a defendant;) and by the complainant in proper person.
On considering the bill, answers and exhibits, I am of opinion, that the equity of the bill is not denied or destroyed; and that the defendant Manhardt is not entitled to a dissolution of this injunction. It is apparent from the answer of Manhardt, that he relies on the verdict, or his statement of the course, of law by which the sum due from the…
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