Legal Opinion

Griffith v. Buck

Court of Appeals of Maryland

Decided March 8, 1859PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit court for Baltimore city. This appeal is taken by the appellants, defendants below, from a decree passed upon a bill filed against them and Felix T. Durst., by the appellee. The allegations of the bill and answer, and the proceedings and testimony in the case, are sufficiently stated in the opinion of this court.

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Appeal from the Circuit court for Baltimore city. This appeal is taken by the appellants, defendants below, from a decree passed upon a bill filed against them and Felix T. Durst., by the appellee. The allegations of the bill and answer, and the proceedings and testimony in the case, are sufficiently stated in the opinion of this court. The decree appealed from, which was passed by the court below, (Krebs, J.,) on the 1st of September 1855, directs the property named in the proceedings, after paying the expenses and receiver’s commissions, and costs of these proceedings, to bo applied in the…

1Opinion of the CourtEccleston, J.

From the bill and other proceedings in this cause, it appears-that the defendant, Felix V. Durst, was at one time a member ©f the firm of Durst & Appier, carrying on the business of paper hangers- in Baltimore. That firm was dissolved, by mutual consent, on the 13th of May 1864, Appier retiring from,, and Durst retaining, the concern, he being solely and only authorized to settle the affairs of the firm. On the same day, Durst and John Edward Buck, the complainant; entered into articles of co-partnership; the business tobe carried on in the same warehouse or store, which had been occupied by…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Deveau v. FowlerNew York Court of Chancery · 1831
  2. Dorsey v. DashiellCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1851
  3. Robb v. StevensNew York Court of Chancery · 1840

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Alexander v. McPeckMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1905
  2. Jones, McDowell & Co. v. FletcherSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1883
  3. Christopher & Simpson Architectural Iron & Foundry Co. v. E. A. Steininger Construction Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1918
  4. R. L. McDonald & Co. v. Cash & HaindsMissouri Court of Appeals · 1894
  5. Brooks v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1978

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