Worthington v. Tormey
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Carroll County. This action brought by the appellee against the appellant, was instituted in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County, was removed upon the application of the plaintiff to the Superior Court of Baltimore City, and thence at the instance of the defendant, removed to the Circuit Court for Carroll County.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Carroll County. This action brought by the appellee against the appellant, was instituted in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County, was removed upon the application of the plaintiff to the Superior Court of Baltimore City, and thence at the instance of the defendant, removed to the Circuit Court for Carroll County. The plaintiff who was a broker transacting business in the city of Baltimore, received from the defendant on the '9th of March, 1868, an order to purchase for him two hundred shares of stock of the Canton Company — a stock on the New York Stock…
1Opinion of the CourtGrason, J.
The.first exception was taken to the ruling of the Court below, by which it permitted the evidence, taken under the New York commission, to be read to the jury from the transcript of the record. The commission and return, with the evidence taken thereunder, formed part of the proceedings in the cause, and in transmitting the record, the clerk of the Court did right in also sending a transcript of them as part of the proceedings, and they were therefore admissible in evidence.
The second exception was taken to the granting of the first and second instructions of the appellee, and the rejection…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Richardson v. JonesCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1831
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- Price v. GoverCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1874
- Dudley A. Tyng & Co. v. WoodwardCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1913