Tessier v. Wyse
High Court of Chancery of Maryland
This bill was filed on the 15th of June, 1825, by John Tessier and Samuel Smith and James A. Buchanan, trading under the firm of S. Smith fy Buchanan, against John M. Wyse, William A. Wyse, Eliza Wyse, Margaretta Wyse, Edward Wyse, Nicholas H. Wyse, Matilda Wyse, Francis 0. Wyse, Joseph Allender, and George Riston.
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This bill was filed on the 15th of June, 1825, by John Tessier and Samuel Smith and James A. Buchanan, trading under the firm of S. Smith fy Buchanan, against John M. Wyse, William A. Wyse, Eliza Wyse, Margaretta Wyse, Edward Wyse, Nicholas H. Wyse, Matilda Wyse, Francis 0. Wyse, Joseph Allender, and George Riston. The bill states, that William Wyse was indebted to the plaintiffs S. Smith 8f Buchanan, in the sum of $2,737 48, for sundry matters properly chargeable in account; that William Wyse made his will in the following words: ‘Baltimore, 12th March, 1814, having at this perilous moment…
1Opinion of the Court
Bland, Chancellor.
This case standing ready for hearing, and having been argued by the plaintiff’s solicitor, and submitted without argument by the solicitor for' all the heirs of the late William Wyse, and no solicitor appearing for the other defendants, before the close of the sittings of the term according to the rule, the proceedings were read and considered.
The claim of the plaintiff Tessier, as stated in the bill, has been fully established. But the defendant Riston, in his answer, alleges, that the plaintiff Tessier, by his negligence and misconduct, has lost all right to any portion of…
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- Hanson v. Barnes' LesseeCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1831
- President of the Michigan State Bank v. HammondMichigan Supreme Court · 1845
- Allender v. RistonCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1829