Mudd v. Harper
Court of Appeals of Maryland
This is an appeal in a case pending in Prince George’s county court. The verdict was for the defendant there, and one exception was taken by the plaintiff.
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This is an appeal in a case pending in Prince George’s county court. The verdict was for the defendant there, and one exception was taken by the plaintiff. The action was instituted on the 15th September 1846. On the part of the plaintiff there was proof, that the defendant was indebted to the plaintiff’s intestate, as the administrator of one John A. Turton, and in part payment thereof, passed by endorsement to the plaintiff’s intestate, a note given by William and Washington Hilliary, to Samuel Sprigg, and by the latter endorsed to the defendant. The note was payable on demand, and was due…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was pronounced by
Le Grand, C. J.
This is an action of assumpsit, instituted on the 15th day of September 1846, against the defendant as the endorser of *112a promissory note. The plaintiff proved that the defendant was indebted to her intestate, as administrator of John. A. Turton, and in part payment of a debt due by defendant, passed by endorsement to him, a note of William and Washington Hilleary, payable on demand to Samuel Sprigg, or order, and which the defendant held by the endorsement of Sprigg. The plaintiff’s intestate, at the first term, brought suit against the…
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