P. Dougherty Co. v. Gring
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Cecil County (Pearce, C. J., Stump and Martin, JJ.) At the trial the plaintiff’s first prayer was, that if the jury found that the defendant was the owner of the tug W. S. Cahill and had been towing barges through the Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal, and that the said Canal Company had been charging him a towing privilege of twenty dollars for each barge towed by kim through said canal in addition to the regular tolls on cargoes.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Cecil County (Pearce, C. J., Stump and Martin, JJ.) At the trial the plaintiff’s first prayer was, that if the jury found that the defendant was the owner of the tug W. S. Cahill and had been towing barges through the Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal, and that the said Canal Company had been charging him a towing privilege of twenty dollars for each barge towed by kim through said canal in addition to the regular tolls on cargoes. And if they find, that the plaintiff was the owner of certain barges which it used in its southern trade for carrying merchandise to…
1Opinion of the CourtMcSherry, C. J.
This proceeding was commenced by an attachment, which was levied on property owned by the appellee, who is a nonresident. He appeared and gave bond whereby the attachment was dissolved, and thereafter the suit in the short note, or assumpsit case went to trial. The declaration contains a count on a special contract, and in addition, the usual common counts. The special contract declared on is in substance, that the defendant agreed, in.^consideration that the plaintiff would bring a suit against the Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal Company to test the legality of certain charges, that he, the…
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