Scarlett v. Academy of Music
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Baltimore City Court. This suit was instituted by the appellee, in the Baltimore City Court, against the appellant to recover the last three instalments of the subscription of the latter, for ten shares of the capital stock of the former, suit for the first instalment thereof having been previously instituted in the Superior Court of Baltimore City and judgment recovered, which has been entered, subject to this appeal.
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Appeal from the Baltimore City Court. This suit was instituted by the appellee, in the Baltimore City Court, against the appellant to recover the last three instalments of the subscription of the latter, for ten shares of the capital stock of the former, suit for the first instalment thereof having been previously instituted in the Superior Court of Baltimore City and judgment recovered, which has been entered, subject to this appeal. The suit was brought on a contract, by which the appellant agreed to pay five hundred dollars for ten shares of the capital stock of the appellee, or at the…
1Opinion of the CourtAlvey, J.
I. The first exception taken by the defendant in this case, was to leave given the plaintiff to amend its declaration in open Court, during the progress of the trial, and after the close of the evidence, by inserting certain words in the declaration, to which the defendant had pleaded. The amendment was made, and the trial proceeded.
As to the power of the Court to allow the amendment to be made at that stage of the trial, we suppose there can *208be no question. The Code, Art. 75, secs. 23 and 24, gives the amplest power to allow any amendments to be made at any time before the jury retire to…
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- Lohrfink v. StillCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1857
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