State ex rel. Stevenson v. Reigart
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from Baltimore county court. This was an action of Debt, commenced on the 12th October 1837, by the appellant against the appellee and Oliver Holmes.
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Appeal from Baltimore county court. This was an action of Debt, commenced on the 12th October 1837, by the appellant against the appellee and Oliver Holmes. The plaintiff below declared on the bond of Elizabeth L' Stevenson, Philip Reigart, H. JViles and Oliver Holmes, dated 17th March 1832, for $25,000, conditioned, that if the above bounden E. L. S. and P. R. should well and truly perform the office of administrator of Josias Stevenson, junior, late of Baltimore county, deceased, according to law, &c., then to be void. The breaeh assigned was, that Urath Stevenson, executrix of Josias…
1Opinion of the CourtStephen, J.
The question involved in this case being one of some novelty in point of principle, and the amount of the property de*25pending upon the decision of it being of considerable value, and therefore materially affecting the interests of the parties litigant, it has received, as it demanded, the careful and deliberate consideration of this court. The case has been ably and ingeniously argued by the counsel engaged for the respective parties, and much aid has been derived during our researches, from the light thrown upon it by the discussion at the bar. Upon the fullest examination we have been able…
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