Schuchardt v. Hall
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from, the Circuit Court for Howard County. This suit was instituted in the Superior Court of Baltimore City, and, upon the suggestion and affidavit of the defendants, was removed to the Circuit Court for Howard County. The facts of the case sufficiently appear in the opinion of the Court.
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Appeal from, the Circuit Court for Howard County. This suit was instituted in the Superior Court of Baltimore City, and, upon the suggestion and affidavit of the defendants, was removed to the Circuit Court for Howard County. The facts of the case sufficiently appear in the opinion of the Court. Exception: The plaintiffs offered the following prayer: If the jury find, from the evidence, that the defendants were not authorized by Joseph and Charles Sturge to draw on them the bill of exchange, given in evidence, without delivering to them the bill of lading of the cargo of wheat shipped by the…
1Opinion of the CourtBartol, C. J.
This suit was brought by the appellants, bankers of New York, against the appellees, as drawers of a bill of exchange, dated May 22d, 1868, at sixty days sight, on Joseph and Charles Sturge, Birmingham, England; drawn against a cargo of red wheat, per brig “Ocean Belle,” and payable in London.
Upon the day of the date of the bill, the appellees sold and endorsed the same to the appellants, and on the same day, by letter of hypothecation, “lodged the bill of lading for the cargo with the appellants as collateral security for the acceptance and payment of the bill, and authorized the appellants,…
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- Fulton v. MaccrackenCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1862
- Eichelberger v. FinleyCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1826
- Munroe v. WoodruffCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1861
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