Betts v. Union Bank
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Court of Chancery. The complainants in that court, (now appellees,) filed their bill on the 25th of September 1820, against the appellants, and Edward Priestly, in which it is stated that on the 24th of March 1819, Betts, (one of the defendants and appellants,) being indebted to the complainants in the sum of $1700, upon two promissory notes, one for $700, dated the 22d. of February, and the other for $1000, dated the 25th of February then last passed,…
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Appeal from the Court of Chancery. The complainants in that court, (now appellees,) filed their bill on the 25th of September 1820, against the appellants, and Edward Priestly, in which it is stated that on the 24th of March 1819, Betts, (one of the defendants and appellants,) being indebted to the complainants in the sum of $1700, upon two promissory notes, one for $700, dated the 22d. of February, and the other for $1000, dated the 25th of February then last passed, payable 60 days after their respective dates, both of which notes were drawn by. Priestly, one other of the defendants, in…
1Opinion of the CourtStephen, J.
at the present term, delivered the opinion of 'tW Court In deciding the question which arises in this case» *200no little difficulty has been felt, from the contrariety of opinions which have been expressed by judges of the greatest eminence and distinction, in cases very analogous, if not exactly similar to the present; and the importance of the principle now to be established as a-rule of evidence, merits the most full and deliberate consideration. The question then presented to this Court, for their adjudication, is simply this. Can marriage 'be given in evidence as the consideration of a deed…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Reade v. LivingstonNew York Court of Chancery · 1818
3Cited by4 opinions
- Koogle v. ClineCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1909
- Christopher v. ChristopherCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1886
- Benscotter v. GreenCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1883
- Airey v. AireyCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1930