Haney v. Marshall
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Washington county. This was an action of covenant, brought by the appellant against the appellee, for an alleged breach of an agreement to convey to the plaintiff three hundred and twenty acres of land in Missouri, and this is the third appeal in the case, the two former being reported in 9 Gill, 251, and 4 Md. Rep., 498. The pleadings are the same as in the last appeal. 1st Exception.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Washington county. This was an action of covenant, brought by the appellant against the appellee, for an alleged breach of an agreement to convey to the plaintiff three hundred and twenty acres of land in Missouri, and this is the third appeal in the case, the two former being reported in 9 Gill, 251, and 4 Md. Rep., 498. The pleadings are the same as in the last appeal. 1st Exception. When the case was called for trial, at the July term 1854 of the court below, the defendant moved for a rule upon the plaintiff to give security for costs, upon the ground that…
1Opinion of the CourtEccleston, J.
On motion of the defendant a rule was laid upon the plaintiff to give security for costs, under the act of 1801, ch. 74, *208sec. 9. To this ruling of thp court the plaintiff excepted; now contending that he was not, when the suit was brought, a non-resident, and that he did not remove out of the State after the commencement of the suit.
The proof shows that Haney was formerly a farmer in Maryland, and a local preacher attached to the society of the United Brethren in Christ. After the decease of his wife he sold his farming utensils, and some household furniture. After which he went to Yirginia,…
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