O'Brien v. Pentz
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeals from the Circuit Court of Baltimore City. The bill in this case was filed on the 5th of March, 1870, by the appellee against the several appellants and others, and alleges: That heretofore, your orator was jointly interested and concerned with a certain Charles K. Cannon, of the City of Baltimore, Thomas Roberts, of Baltimore County, and Edward E. Folger and William L. O’Brien, both then of New York, in the management and running of certain steamboats from Baltimore…
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Appeals from the Circuit Court of Baltimore City. The bill in this case was filed on the 5th of March, 1870, by the appellee against the several appellants and others, and alleges: That heretofore, your orator was jointly interested and concerned with a certain Charles K. Cannon, of the City of Baltimore, Thomas Roberts, of Baltimore County, and Edward E. Folger and William L. O’Brien, both then of New York, in the management and running of certain steamboats from Baltimore City to Annapolis, West River and elsewhere, upon the route known as “ The Individual Enterprise Line of Steamboats,”…
1Opinion of the CourtStewart, J.
The bill in this case admits, that an open, legal and bona fide contract was made between the complainant and Folger, O’Brien, Cannon and Roberts, to transfer to the latter all the title of the former, to certain steamers in the said contract referred to ; but it seeks to have established the provisions of a secret trust, which the bill first alleges was made between complainant and all of the others of the said parties; but afterwards modifies such averment by charging that such secret contract and trust were made *576between the complainant and Cannon and Roberts, with the knowledge of Folger…
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