Johnson v. Brannaman
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Orphans Court of Baltimore city* The appellee, applied to the orphans court to have an infant, Mary Ann Brannaman, about three years old, her great-grandchild, bound to her as an apprentice.
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Appeal from the Orphans Court of Baltimore city* The appellee, applied to the orphans court to have an infant, Mary Ann Brannaman, about three years old, her great-grandchild, bound to her as an apprentice. The mother testified that the child was illegitimate, and that when about six months old, she gave her to the appellant, in whose possession she now is, and who, at that time, kept and now keeps a house of ill-fame; and that she is willing the child should be bound to the appellee. It was also proved that the appellee is a woman of excellent character, and has means of taking care of the…
1Opinion of the CourtTuck, J.
A minor having been brought before the orphans court, for the purpose of being apprenticed, under the act of 1793, ch. 45, the appellant, who had possession of the child, appeared and offered to give bond for her due and comfortable maintenance, in pursuance of the last proviso of \he second section of that act. Upon taking evidence and consideration of the case, the court refused this application, and bound the child to the appellee, from which order this appeal was entered.
It is supposed, that the words of the act of Assembly make it the imperative duty of the orphans courts to place such…
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