Gist's Adm'r. v. Cockey
Court of Appeals of Maryland
AppEALjfrom Baltimore County Court, Jtssumpsit, brought by the appellees against the appellant. The facts of the case, as set forth in the bills of exceptions taken at the trial by the defendant below, are sufficiently stated by the Judge who delivered the opinion of this Court.
1Opinion of the CourtDorsey, J.
This was an action of general indebitatus assumpsit, (on promises made by Penelope B. Gist in her lifetime,) for money paid, laid out and expended, money lent and advanced, and money had and received, instituted by Ann Cockey and Edward Fendall, the appellees, against Joshua F. Cockey, executor of Per*137nelope D. Gist. The executor dying pending the suit, Joshua F. Cockey, (the appellant,) obtained letters cle bonis non on P. F. Gist’s estate, and was made a defendant in the usual way. He pleaded non assumpsit, and the act of, limitations; and the judgment of the court below was rendered against…
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