Grahame v. Harris, Parran & Co. ex rel. Harris
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from Calvert County Court. This was an action of Assumpsit, instituted on the 14th of July, 1830, by the appellees, Thomas W Harris, John Parran, and Robert H. Smith, trading under the firm of Harris, Parran fy Co. against the appellants, as the executors of Richard Grahame.
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Appeal from Calvert County Court. This was an action of Assumpsit, instituted on the 14th of July, 1830, by the appellees, Thomas W Harris, John Parran, and Robert H. Smith, trading under the firm of Harris, Parran fy Co. against the appellants, as the executors of Richard Grahame. The declaration contained a count upon the promise of the testator, for matters and articles properly chargeable in account; for goods, wares, and merchandize, sold and delivered to the testator; for goods, Sec. sold and delivered the defendants’ executors as aforesaid, and for which they, executors as aforesaid,…
1Opinion of the Court
Buchanan, Ch. J.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
There are five counts in the declaration filed in this caso ; some against the appellants as executors of Richard Grahame, and some against them in their individual capacities; and the account upon which the action is founded, is for goods sold and delivered to the appellants after the death of the testator, as executors. It appears too, in evidence, that Parran, one of the appellants, was a partner in the house of Harris, Parran, and Smith, of whom the goods were purchased, and by whom the suit was brought; he, Parran, having assigned his…
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