Doub v. Barnes
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Court of Chancery. The bill in this cause, was filed on the 17th January 1846, by John Doub, of Washington county ; and alleged, that Abraham Barnes being indebted to divers persons, and many judgments having been recovered in the county court of said county against him, as principal debtor, and Melchoir B. Mason and John Thompson Mason, as his sureties; the said A. B. and Margaret S. C., his wife, and the said AL B. M. and J. T. M., by deed, dated on or…
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Appeal from the Court of Chancery. The bill in this cause, was filed on the 17th January 1846, by John Doub, of Washington county ; and alleged, that Abraham Barnes being indebted to divers persons, and many judgments having been recovered in the county court of said county against him, as principal debtor, and Melchoir B. Mason and John Thompson Mason, as his sureties; the said A. B. and Margaret S. C., his wife, and the said AL B. M. and J. T. M., by deed, dated on or about the lltli October 1839, conveyed unto David G. Yost, since deceased, and William Price, certain lands lying in…
1Opinion of the Court 1
Magruder, J.,
delivered his opinion, as follows :
It is my opinion, that the order of the Chancellor dissolving the injunction in this case, ought to be affirmed, and that Mrs. Mason, (as well as the defendants, Irynch and Craft,) ought to be at liberty to issue executions on the judgments assigned to her. Some of the grounds of that opinion I will proceed to state.
In the course of the argument it was conceded, and indeed could not be denied, that the defendant, Mrs. Mason, was the bona fide owner of the judgments entered for her use, having paid for them a valuable consideration, and without…
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