Germania v. State
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas for the city of Baltimore. This was an action of debt, docketed by consent of parties in the name of the State, against the appellant, for the purpose of trying the right of the defendant to have and use a billiard table without taking out a license. The cause was submitted to the court below upon a case stated, and the facts are sufficiently set forth in the opinion of this court.
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Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas for the city of Baltimore. This was an action of debt, docketed by consent of parties in the name of the State, against the appellant, for the purpose of trying the right of the defendant to have and use a billiard table without taking out a license. The cause was submitted to the court below upon a case stated, and the facts are sufficiently set forth in the opinion of this court. The court, (Marshall, J.,) gave judgment for the State, and the defendant, in pursuance of the right reserved in the agreement, appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtLe Grand, C. J.
This is an appeal from a judgment rendered by the Court of Common Pleas for the city of Baltimore, on the following case stated:
“It is admitted in this case, that the defendant is a club, incorporated by the State of Maryland, for literary and social purposes, and that it purchased a billiard table with the funds of the society; that it hires a boy, to keep the game, at $104 per annum, which is a charge upon the club; that members and others playing at a private table are charged six-and-a-quarter cents for a game of fifty; that none but members, and strangers introduced by members for a…
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