Moore v. Schultz ex rel. Schultz
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from Baltimore City Court. Tills was an action of trespass de bonis asportatis, brought by the appellee, a married woman, through her next friend, against the appellants, for attempting, by means of attachment on original process, to subject her separate property to the debt of her husband, At the trial below, Louisa Schultz, the plaintiff, testilied that in the latter part of 1865, she was carrying on the tailoring business on her separate account, having started on…
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Appeal from Baltimore City Court. Tills was an action of trespass de bonis asportatis, brought by the appellee, a married woman, through her next friend, against the appellants, for attempting, by means of attachment on original process, to subject her separate property to the debt of her husband, At the trial below, Louisa Schultz, the plaintiff, testilied that in the latter part of 1865, she was carrying on the tailoring business on her separate account, having started on November 22d, with a stock of goods for which, with some furniture, she paid, of her own money, $500 cash. Her husband…
1Opinion of the CourtAlvey, J.
The questions raised upon the exceptions in this case relate exclusively to the measure of damages that the appellee was entitled to recover of the appellants.
*423The declaration is for trespass de bonis asportatis, and alleges, as special damage to the appellee, consequent upon the taking and carrying away of the goods, that her business was broken up, and that she was reduced to poverty and deprived of the means of support.
It appears that the appellants, as creditors of the appellee’s husband, had sued out an attachment and seized certain goods as belonging to their debtor, which were claimed…
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