Acker, Merrall & Condit Co. v. McGaw
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City (Stock-bridge, ]., sitting as Court and jury.) The amended declaration in the case was as follows: The Acker, Merrall and Condit Company, a corporation created and existing under the laws of the State of New York, by Steele and Semnies, its attorneys, sues George K. Mc-Gaw: (1.) For that, on or about the 28th day of February, nineteen hundred and three, and for some years prior thereto, the said George K. McGaw had been…
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City (Stock-bridge, ]., sitting as Court and jury.) The amended declaration in the case was as follows: The Acker, Merrall and Condit Company, a corporation created and existing under the laws of the State of New York, by Steele and Semnies, its attorneys, sues George K. Mc-Gaw: (1.) For that, on or about the 28th day of February, nineteen hundred and three, and for some years prior thereto, the said George K. McGaw had been conducting a grocery business in the city of Baltimore, under the firm name and style of “George K. McGaw and Company,” in…
1Opinion of the Court
Burke, ].,
delivered the opinion of the Court.
The Acker, Merrall and Condit Company, a New York corporation, sued George K. McGaw in the Superior Court for Baltimore City. The case was tried before the Court without a jury, and at the conclusion of the plaintiff’s case the following prayer was offered by the defendant: “The defendant prays the Court to rule upon the evidence as follows : That the plaintiff not having offered any evidence legally sufficient to support the material averments of the declaration is not entitled to recover in this action, and, therefore, the verdict shall be for…
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