State v. President of the Bank of Maryland
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from tbe equity side of Baltimore county court. On the Bd of October, 1834, the State of Maryland filed a bill on the equity side of Baltimore county court, against the appellees, the President and Directors of the Bank of Maryland, and Thomas Ellicott, John B. Morris, and Richard W. Gill, trustees; claiming to be paid out of certain funds in the hands of the trustees, in preference to the other creditors of the bank, which was charged and admitted to be insolvent.
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Appeal from tbe equity side of Baltimore county court. On the Bd of October, 1834, the State of Maryland filed a bill on the equity side of Baltimore county court, against the appellees, the President and Directors of the Bank of Maryland, and Thomas Ellicott, John B. Morris, and Richard W. Gill, trustees; claiming to be paid out of certain funds in the hands of the trustees, in preference to the other creditors of the bank, which was charged and admitted to be insolvent. The bill alleged, that the Treasurer of the Western Shore on the 1st of October, 1832, in pursuance of a resolution of the…
1Opinion of the Court
Buchanan, Ch. J.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
Before the institution of this suit, there were deeds of trust executed by the President and Directors of the Bank of Maryland to Thdmas Ellicott, on the 23d of March, 1834, and the 26th of March, of the same year; and by the President and Directors of the Bank of Maryland, and Thomas Ellicott, on the 5th of April following, to Thomas Ellicott, John B. Morris and Richard W. Gill, of all the estate, property, funds, rights and credits of the bank, Wherever situated, in trust, to divide the same whenever realized and collected, among all the…
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