Stockbridge v. Franklin Bank
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas (Harlan, C. J.) At the trial the Court granted a prayer offered by the plaintiff instructing the jury that the assignment from Harrison Hopper to Henry W. Fox was fraudulent in law and invalid against the plaintiff and could not be relied on by the garnishees to prevent a verdict against them in favor of the plaintiff.
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Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas (Harlan, C. J.) At the trial the Court granted a prayer offered by the plaintiff instructing the jury that the assignment from Harrison Hopper to Henry W. Fox was fraudulent in law and invalid against the plaintiff and could not be relied on by the garnishees to prevent a verdict against them in favor of the plaintiff. And the Court refused to grant a prayer offered by the garnishees to the effect that there was no evidence legally sufficient to show that the assignment from Hopper to Fox was fraudulent and that since the same was executed long before the…
1Opinion of the CourtBryan, J.
The Franklin Bank of Baltimore obtained a judgment against Harrison Hopper, and caused an attachment to be issued thereon. The attachment was laid in the hands of Stockbridge and Musselman, executors of Albertson, deceased; and also in the hands of Henry W. Fox. This appeal does not concern the attachment against Fox. The executors of Albertson pleaded nulla bona; issue was joined and verdict and judgment rendered against the garnishees. The garnishees have appealed.
It appeared that Harrison Hopper was entitled to a distributive share of the real and personal estate of Isaac Albertson,…
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