Byers v. McClanahan
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the equity side of Washington county court. The appellee on the 11th of April, 1831, filed his bill on the equity side of Washington county court, to compel the appellant as his co-surety, to contribute his proportion of the money paid by the appellee, in discharge of a bond to one Lane, in which they, with others, were bound as sureties for Matthew Lind.
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Appeal from the equity side of Washington county court. The appellee on the 11th of April, 1831, filed his bill on the equity side of Washington county court, to compel the appellant as his co-surety, to contribute his proportion of the money paid by the appellee, in discharge of a bond to one Lane, in which they, with others, were bound as sureties for Matthew Lind. Upon the pleadings and proofs, which are fully stated in the opinion of this court, the county court (T. Buchanan, A. J.) decreed, that the defendant pay to the complainant, one-half of the amount paid by him as one of the…
1Opinion of the CourtStephen, J.
This is'an appeal from Washington county court, sitting as a court of equity. The bill was filed by the appellee, against the appellant, to compel him to contribute his proportion of the money paid by the complainant, to satisfy a bond debt, for the payment of which they were joint sureties, together with certain other persons, for a certain Matthew Lind, to a certain Thomas C. Lane. The debt was contracted by Lind, to Lany, for the purchase of a quantity of bank stock. The bill charges the paymeut of a considerable part of the money by the complainant, and that Lind, the principal, and all…
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