Davis v. Barney
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Ai’pioal from Baltimore County Court. This was an action upon the case, brought upon the 26th of January, 1826, by the appellants, John Davis and others, constituting the firm of David Barnum Co. against John II. Barney, the appellee. The declaration contained three counts.
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Ai’pioal from Baltimore County Court. This was an action upon the case, brought upon the 26th of January, 1826, by the appellants, John Davis and others, constituting the firm of David Barnum Co. against John II. Barney, the appellee. The declaration contained three counts. The first averred that whereas the said defendant, before and at the time of making the agreement and undertaking hereinafter next mentioned, was the owner and proprietor of certain teams and coaches, for the carriage and convey anee of passengers from Baltimore city, in the county aforesaid, to Washington and Georgetown,…
1Opinion of the Court
Buchanan, Ch. J.,
delivered the opinion of the Court.
This was an action of trespass on the case, for the alleged violation by the defendant of a contract, or engagement by him, with the appellants, dated at Baltimore, the 30th of September, 1825, which is in thqse terms: “I hereby acknowledge to have received of Messrs. David Barnum <y Co., stage proprietors on the Washington and Baltimore road, $9,000, as a full compensation for the within named four teams and two coaches; and I bind myself to withdraw all my pretensions to any part of the said road, and I herewith deliver to the said…
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