Downes v. Maryland & Delaware Railroad
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Queen Anne’s County. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. The verdict and judgment were for the plaintiff.
1Opinion of the CourtBartol, C. J.
This suit was instituted by the appellee, to recover the amount of the alleged subscription by the appellant’s testator, to the capital stock of the appellee. The questions presented by this appeal arise upon two bills of exceptions taken by the defendant below, as follows: The Court
below after objection by the defendant, allowed Robert Jarrell, a stockholder in the company, to testify generally for the plaintiffs on their call, and the question of his competency forms the subject of the second bill of exceptions.
The first bill of exceptions presents substantially the same legal question. It…
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