Wampler v. Wolfinger
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Equity Side of the Circuit Court for Washington County. The bill in this case was filed on the 25th of October 1856; by Wolfinger, a lunatic, and Strite, the committee of his person and estate, against the appellant, and alleges, in substance, that Wolfinger having been, from nativity, of weak and unsound mind, was seized and possessed of about fifty-nine acres of very valuable land situated in Washington county, and of considerable personal estate, but…
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Appeal from the Equity Side of the Circuit Court for Washington County. The bill in this case was filed on the 25th of October 1856; by Wolfinger, a lunatic, and Strite, the committee of his person and estate, against the appellant, and alleges, in substance, that Wolfinger having been, from nativity, of weak and unsound mind, was seized and possessed of about fifty-nine acres of very valuable land situated in Washington county, and of considerable personal estate, but becoming subject to the undue influences and fraudulent impositions of the defendant,he was, on the 10th of May 1851, induced…
1Opinion of the CourtEccleston, J.
The appellant insists, that the decree ill this case is erroft'feóús, and should be reversed, because it excludes him from any opportunity of being reimbursed for any purchase money paid by him. Such an opportunity’he claims as his right, under the authority of Long vs. Long, 9 Md. Rep., 348. But, in that case, it appears Ludwick Long, the party charged with committing the fraud, had executed niné promissory-notes of $100 each, to Henry Long, who was said to be defrauded. The bill mentions' these notes as having been given, and then states, that immediately afterwards they weré taken from…
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