Ware v. Richardson
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Equity Side of Baltimore county court. This appeal was taken by the appellants, (the defendants below,) from an order of the county court, passed on the 16th of November 1849, finally ratifying and confirming the auditor’s account of the 9th of March 1848, which distributed the proceeds of sale, and overruling their exceptions thereto.
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Appeal from the Equity Side of Baltimore county court. This appeal was taken by the appellants, (the defendants below,) from an order of the county court, passed on the 16th of November 1849, finally ratifying and confirming the auditor’s account of the 9th of March 1848, which distributed the proceeds of sale, and overruling their exceptions thereto. The proceedings in the case commencing with the bill filed by the appellee, on the 28th of December 1846, are so fully stated in the opinion of this court as to render any additional statement unnecessary. Upon the passage of the order appealed,…
1Opinion of the CourtMason, J.
This case has been argued most elaborately and with distinguished ability. Every suggestion appears to have been made and every authority invoked calculated to elucidate the intricate questions involved in the present controversy. With the benefit of all this light, we are constrained nevertheless to recognize the difficulties which environ the case.
In order to a proper understanding of the case, we deem it important to state somewhat at length the allegations of^ the bill, and the subsequent proceedings thereon.
The appellee, Charles Richardson, filed Ms bill of complaint in Baltimore county…
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- Dugan v. GittingsCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1845
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