Maurice v. Worden
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. First and Second Exceptions.-—Sufficiently stated in the opinion of the Court.
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Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. First and Second Exceptions.-—Sufficiently stated in the opinion of the Court. Third Exception.-—-The plaintiff offered to prove hy John Thomson Mason, Esquire, one of the plaintiff’s counsel, that he saw, on May 10th, 1879, a paper in the Navy Department at Washington, in the hand-writing of the plaintiff, in the words of the resignation contained in “Plaintiff’s Exhibit A,” and that on the hack of the said paper were written the words, beginning “this resignation is tendered,” and signed “John L. Worden,”…
1Opinion of the CourtBrent, J.
The libel charged in the declaration, consists of an endorsement written by the appellee upon a letter of the appellant, tendering his resignation of the position of teacher of French in the United States Fa val Academy at Annapolis. The letter, it is alleged, was addressed to the appellee, an officer in the United States ilavy, and then in command and authority over the Uaval Academy, to be by him transmitted to the Secretary of the ISTavy. Before being so transmitted, it is charged that it was falsely and maliciously endorsed with the alleged libel.
To the declaration, the appellee pleaded…
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