Willison v. First National Bank
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Allegany County. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. A petition in insolvency was filed by the appellee, the First National Bank of Frostburg, against Wm. Parker and Josiah Parker, partners, trading as Wm. Parker & Brother, and certain creditors alleged to have obtained unlawful preferences from them.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Allegany County. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. A petition in insolvency was filed by the appellee, the First National Bank of Frostburg, against Wm. Parker and Josiah Parker, partners, trading as Wm. Parker & Brother, and certain creditors alleged to have obtained unlawful preferences from them. At the hearing the plaintiff offered the following prayers, the case being tried before the Court (Hoffman, J.), without a jury: Plaintiff's First Prayer. — If the Court shall find that the defendants, William Parker and Josiah Parker, were, on or…
1Opinion of the CourtRoberts, J.
Whilst the parties defendant in this case are numerous, but one has appealed from the judgment of the Court below, and now seeks to have his legal rights determined by this Court.
The record shows that one of the appellees, the First National Bank of Frostburg, on February 23rd, 1894, filed its petition in insolvency against William Parker and Josiah Parker, who were then and for many years prior thereto had been partners, trading as merchants, under the firm name of William Parker and Brother, at Eckhart, and also at Vale Summit, in Allegany County, and against the appellants and others, who…
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- Castleberg v. WheelerCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1888
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