Hughes v. Davis
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appe.al froin the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel county. Debt, by the appellee against the appellant, upon a judgment recovered in the circuit court for the District of Columbia. Plea, nil debet, to which the plaintiff demurred. A record of the judgment, with a transcript of the whole proceedings in the district court, was filed in the case. The court, (Brewer, J.,) sustained the demurrer and gave judgment thereon for the plaintiff, from which the defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtLb Grand, C. J.
This was on action of debt, brought in the circuit court for Anne Arundel county, on a judgment obtained by the appellee against the appellant in the District of Columbia. The defendant pleaded nil debet, to which the plaintiff demurred. The court sustained the demurrer and gave judgment for the plaintiff. Prom this judgment the appeal is taken.
It is conceded that the plea of nil debet is not a proper plea, if the act of March 27th, 1804, be a constitutional exercise of the legislative power of Congress. That act extended the provisions of the act of May 26th, 1790, to the records and courts…
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