Dorsey v. State ex rel. Pannell
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from Montgomery County Court. This was an action of Debt, brought by the appellant against the appellee, on the 27th January, 1830, on a bond executed by the appellant, as administrator of William, H. Dorsey, deceased, dated 24th January, 1819, with Clement Dorsey and R. E. Dorsey as his sureties.
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Appeal from Montgomery County Court. This was an action of Debt, brought by the appellant against the appellee, on the 27th January, 1830, on a bond executed by the appellant, as administrator of William, H. Dorsey, deceased, dated 24th January, 1819, with Clement Dorsey and R. E. Dorsey as his sureties. The declaration, after reciting the bond and its condition, (which is in the usual form of administration bonds,) averred, that that the deceased, on the 22d of June, 1818, executed his promissory note to Pannell for $480, payable in six months from its date, whereby he became indebted to him…
1Opinion of the Court
Buchanan, Ch. J.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
This action was brought on an administration bond against Richard H. Dorsey, the appellant, (who is the administrator of Wm. B. Dorsey,) to recover the amount of a promissory note, given by the intestate, William H. Dorsey, to Pannell the appellee.
The appellant pleaded, 1st, general performance of the condition of the bond ; 2d, non assumpsit; and 3d, the statute of limitations.
There were demurrers to the first and third pleas; and issue was joined on the second, at the trial of which, an objection was made by the appellant, to the…
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