Thompson v. Baltimore & Ohio Rail Road
Court of Appeals of Maryland
As appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City. At the trial below, the appellee, the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road Company, offered four prayers, which were granted.
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As appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City. At the trial below, the appellee, the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road Company, offered four prayers, which were granted. No question is raised as to the granting of the first, third and fourth prayers, and they are therefore omitted ; the second prayer is as follows: That if the jury shall believe from the evidence that the said William Whitman, mentioned by the witnesses was in the month of May, 1855, the possessor and owner of the Fanny Furnace, and its appurtenances, and of the pig iron then and there being, and that he was indebted then…
1Opinion of the CourtMiller, J.
The appellee issued an attachment against Gill, Hardman & Stephens, non-residents, which was laid in the hands of the garnishees to affect a certain quantity of pig iron consigned to them by the appellant, Wilson, who claimed it as his property. The plaintiff, the Rail Road Company, insists *403that the iron belonged to their debtors under an assignment and delivery thereof to them by the owner Whitman. Wilson claims “it under a subsequent assignment from the same party,” under which he took possession and forwarded the iron to Baltimore, to the garnishees, to be sold on his account. It appears…
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- Van Brunt v. PikeCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1846
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