Beasten v. Hendrickson ex rel. Hendrickson
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from tlie Circuit Court for Cecil County. The plaintiff, a feme covert, by her husband and next friend, sued the defendants upon their promissory note made in her favor. In addition to the three general pleas of “never indebted,” “did not promise as alleged,” and “payment,” the defendant Beasten pleaded the following special pleas: 4th.
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Appeal from tlie Circuit Court for Cecil County. The plaintiff, a feme covert, by her husband and next friend, sued the defendants upon their promissory note made in her favor. In addition to the three general pleas of “never indebted,” “did not promise as alleged,” and “payment,” the defendant Beasten pleaded the following special pleas: 4th. That the money sued for was placed in the defendant’s hands upon an agreement between the plaintiff and the defendant, that the defendant should have a lien upon it as a security for the payment of a certain note which the defendant had endorsed for the…
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
The appellee, a married woman, sues the appellants, on their promissory note, of five hundred and fifty dollars, payable to her one year after date.
Beasten, one of the defendants below, sets up the following defence : Being an endorser on a note of the appellee’s husband, and feeling some uneasiness about its payment, he called on^he appellee, for the purpose of making *616some arrangement about its settlement. After some conversation, in which he expressed his doubt as to the ability of her husband to pay the note, and that his failure to do so, would leave him, Beasten, in a critical condition,…
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- Wyman v. GrayCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1826
- Frank v. MillerCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1873
- Hutton v. PadgettCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1867
- Thomas v. DelphyCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1870
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