Wilson v. Merryman
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City. The first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh exceptions are stated in the opinion of the Court. The eighth, ninth and tenth exceptions were abandoned.
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City. The first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh exceptions are stated in the opinion of the Court. The eighth, ninth and tenth exceptions were abandoned. The eleventh exception. — The plaintiffs offered six prayers and the defendant twenty-eight, which the Court (Dobbin, J.,) refused, remarking as follows: ‘ ‘ This case presents no such complication of law or facts as would justify my sending it to the jury with thirty-four instructions, asked by the counsel for the plaintiffs and the defendant. To do so would impose upon that…
1Opinion of the Court
Bartol, C. J.,
delivered the. opinion of the Court.
The first question to be determined in this case arises on the motion to dismiss the appeal.
It appears from the record that the verdict was rendered on the 17th day of December 1875. The defendant below moved for a new trial, and in arrest of judgment, these motions were overruled, and judgment on verdict entered on the 4th day of March 1876. On the 23rd day of March 1876 defendant appealed, the transcript was not sent up to this Court till March 24th 1877, which was after the time allowed by the rule for sending up the transcript had passed ;…
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- Ramsay v. GlassCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1850
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