Seebold v. Lockner
Court of Appeals of Maryland
■ Appeal from tbe Circuit Court of Baltimore City. The cause was argued before Bartol, C. J., NelsoN, Stewart and Miller, J. The bill was met by a plea in bar; that stopped all proceedings. Nothing further could be’done under the rules of pleading and of the Court, until that plea was disposed of; and the only thing the Court could properly do was to allow or to overrule the plea; nothing more. If it allowéd the plea, this suit was barred.
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■ Appeal from tbe Circuit Court of Baltimore City. The cause was argued before Bartol, C. J., NelsoN, Stewart and Miller, J. The bill was met by a plea in bar; that stopped all proceedings. Nothing further could be’done under the rules of pleading and of the Court, until that plea was disposed of; and the only thing the Court could properly do was to allow or to overrule the plea; nothing more. If it allowéd the plea, this suit was barred. If it overruled the plea, it was then for the defendant to pay his fine and make answer to the bill. Code of Pub. Gen’l Paws, Art. 16, sec. 102; Rules 10…
1Opinion of the CourtBartol, C. J.
The bill of complaint in this case, was filed by the appel-lees to redeem a mortgage, executed by them to the appellant-on the 13th day of October, 1857, conveying a lot of ground in the city of Baltimore. The mortgage was made under the provisions of the Act of 1833, ch. 181, and. its supplements.
The bill charges that the mortgagee had been in possession • of the property,'receiving the rents thereof, whereby the mortgage debt had been paid, and prays an account thereof and the re-possession of the property.
The defendant pleaded in defence to the bill, the pendency in the same Court of a…
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