Hartle v. Stahl
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Washington County. This was an action of assumpsit brought -by the appellees in May, 1861, against the appellant, to recover, among other things, upon his alleged promise to pay to the appellee, Mary, and her four sisters, children of John Hartle, deceased, the sum of $1,000 each.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Washington County. This was an action of assumpsit brought -by the appellees in May, 1861, against the appellant, to recover, among other things, upon his alleged promise to pay to the appellee, Mary, and her four sisters, children of John Hartle, deceased, the sum of $1,000 each. John Hartle, the father of the appellant and the female appellee, made and executed his will, which was duly admitted to probate by the Orphans’ Court of Washington County. He left a widow, three sons, and five daughters. To his sons, Henry and Frederick, he devised and bequeathed…
1Opinion of the Court
Bartol, J.,.
delivered the opinion of this Court.
The appellees were plaintiffs below, and brought this-suit upon an alleged promise made by the appellant to Mary, one of the plaintiffs, while she was sole, to pay her and each of'hef sisters $1,000 in addition to-the legacies bequeathed to them by their father’s will, in° consideration that they would forbear and desist from instituting legal proceedings to test the validity of the will, which they had determined to do.
The main question presented by the appeal is, whether in the appellees’ prayer, which was granted, there is a sufficient legal…
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