Legal Opinion

Bramble v. State

Court of Appeals of Maryland

Decided February 12, 1875PublishedCited by 16 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Dorchester County. To the statement of the cáse as contained in. the opinion of this Court, it' may be added that after the Court below overruled the demurrer to the defendant’s first plea, the plaintiff replied that the defendant James A. Bramble, never brought the proceeds of sale into Court for distribution, and they were never distributed and applied under the order and direction of the Court, as alleged in the first plea.

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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Dorchester County. To the statement of the cáse as contained in. the opinion of this Court, it' may be added that after the Court below overruled the demurrer to the defendant’s first plea, the plaintiff replied that the defendant James A. Bramble, never brought the proceeds of sale into Court for distribution, and they were never distributed and applied under the order and direction of the Court, as alleged in the first plea. Issue was joined on the plaintiff’s replication. Four exceptions were taken by the defendants : the first, second and third were taken…

1Opinion of the CourtBrent, J.

This is an action upon a sheriff’s bond to recover under the Act of 1861, ch. 7, the amount of exemption fixed by that Act. The declaration charges, that the sheriff, by virtue -of several writs of fieri facias, seized and took in execution a farm of Twilley, the appellee, “ and after giv*439mg due notice according to law, lie, the said Bramble, as sheriff, on the 1st day of .February, 1870, did sell said farm to satisfy and pay said writs of fieri facias at and for a sum greater than the sum of one hundred dollars; * * * that the same was the only property owned by said Twilley liable to…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Welland Canal Co. v. HathawayNew York Supreme Court · 1832
  2. Keller v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1858
  3. Homer v. GrosholzCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1873

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  3. Green v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1936
  4. In re RobertsSupreme Court of Colorado · 1881
  5. County Commissioners v. United Railways & Electric Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1909

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