Keyser v. Warfield
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City (Baer, J.) Plaintiff’s Prayer. — If the jury believe from the evidence that the original defendant, Henry B. Keyser, on the 31st day July, 1896, being treasurer of the Maryland .Manufacturing and Construction Company and in charge of- the financial affairs of that company, presented to the witness Thomas, as president of the Merchants’ Bank of Baltimore, the two .notes offered in evidence, and that said Thomas said that he…
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City (Baer, J.) Plaintiff’s Prayer. — If the jury believe from the evidence that the original defendant, Henry B. Keyser, on the 31st day July, 1896, being treasurer of the Maryland .Manufacturing and Construction Company and in charge of- the financial affairs of that company, presented to the witness Thomas, as president of the Merchants’ Bank of Baltimore, the two .notes offered in evidence, and that said Thomas said that he would not discount said notes unless they were endorsed by the plaintiff, Warfield, and the original defendant, Keyser, and…
1Opinion of the CourtBurke, J.
It appears by the record in this case that on the 31st day of July, 1896, S. Davies Warfield and Henry B. Keyser, were the president and treasurer respectively of a corporation known as the Maryland Manufacturing and Construction Company. This corporation was in need of funds, and it was proposed to raise the sum of five thousand dollars by the discount of two notes of the corporation at the Merchants National Bank of which Mr. Douglas H. Thomas was the president. Accordingly two notes were drawn in the following form.
$2500.00 July 31st, 1896.
On demand after date the Maryland Mnfg. and…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Rey v. SimpsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1860
- Ives v. BosleyCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1872
- Keyser v. WarfieldCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1904
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