Barber v. State ex rel. Haller
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Frederick County. This is an appeal from a judgment in the matter of a scire facias issued from the Circuit Court for Frederick County, upon a recognizance in a case of bastardy.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Frederick County. This is an appeal from a judgment in the matter of a scire facias issued from the Circuit Court for Frederick County, upon a recognizance in a case of bastardy. It appears from the record that Mary Haller, after having the sole custody and expense of the child in reference to which this case originates, from its birth, April 20th, 1859, to February 27th, 1864, nearly five years, on the day last named, made complaint against the father, the defendant, before a Justice of the Peace ; that the defendant appeared and entered into the usual…
1Opinion of the CourtBartol, J.
The main question argued by the counsel in this case, and one upon which its ultimate decision must in a great measure depend, is the legal. operation and effect of the receipt of the 29th of February, 1864, given by Mary Haller to Townsend Barber.
We shall therefore proceed to express our opinion upon this question, without referring at this time, particularly, to the form of the pleadings, or the manner in which the question is presented by the record.
It is very clear to us that if the order of the Justice of the Peace had been previously passed, fixing the sum to be paid for the maintenance…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Washington Booth v. CampbellCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1860
- Hardey v. CoeCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1847
- Stone v. MagruderCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1839
- Geiser ex rel. Knaval v. KershnerCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1832
- Jones v. RickettsCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1854
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