Legal Opinion

Wyeth v. Walzl

Court of Appeals of Maryland

Decided January 19, 1876PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal from tbe Superior Court of Baltimore City. Tbis was an action on tbe common money counts brought by tbe appellee against the appellant, to recover for money expended by tbe plaintiff as agent for the defendant in the purchase of certain lands for the latter. First Exception. — Stated in the opinion of the Court.

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Appeal from tbe Superior Court of Baltimore City. Tbis was an action on tbe common money counts brought by tbe appellee against the appellant, to recover for money expended by tbe plaintiff as agent for the defendant in the purchase of certain lands for the latter. First Exception. — Stated in the opinion of the Court. Second Exception. — The plaintiff, to maintain tbe issue on his part further testified, that lie bad a verbal authority from the defendant to purchase the farm of Simon Mahoney, which also immediately adjoined Chancellorsville, just purchased by the defendant from the…

1Opinion of the CourtStewart, J.

■ The plaintiff, a witness for himself, testified that under the written authority (which was produced and read in evidence,) given him by the defendant, he made a written contract, (which was read in evidence,) with Wm, McKennedy, for the purchase of his farm, for the defendant, — that his wife, on his account, paid to McKennedy, on the purchase, two hundred dollars, and took from him the following receipt :

Chancellorsville, Ya.

Received of Aug. A. Walzl, wife of J. H. Walzl, agent for H. C. Wyeth, the sum of two hundred dollars, as earnest money, on the sale of my place as described.

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  4. Cornell v. McCannCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1878
  5. Miller v. Matthews & KirklandCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1898

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