Edmondson v. Barrell

But

THE COURT

(nem. con.) supported the objection, and rejected the deposition. The handwriting of the defendant, Barrell, was proved by another witness, and the jury found a verdict for the plaintiff.

Mr. Lear, for defendant, Barrell, moved, in arrest of judgment, that the declaration is against three persons, upon a joint assump-sit, and the verdict finds the issue only as to one of them, the others not having appeared, nor having been outlawed, and no process having been issued against them. The practice of outlawry, in Maryland, in civil cases, has become obsolete, but, as a substitute for…