State ex rel. Isaac v. Jones
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Akpeaíj from the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County. Action upon a constable’s bond, brought October 28th, 1859, by tlie appellant, against tbe appellees, as sureties upon said bond. Tlie defendant pleaded limitations, to which plea the plaintiff demurred. The Court below, (Crain, J.,) overruled the demurrer, and the judgment being for tbe defendant, the plaintiff appealed. The facts of this case are more fully stated in the opinion of this Court.
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Akpeaíj from the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County. Action upon a constable’s bond, brought October 28th, 1859, by tlie appellant, against tbe appellees, as sureties upon said bond. Tlie defendant pleaded limitations, to which plea the plaintiff demurred. The Court below, (Crain, J.,) overruled the demurrer, and the judgment being for tbe defendant, the plaintiff appealed. The facts of this case are more fully stated in the opinion of this Court. The appellant will insist, that the judgment of the Court below was erroneous, and should be reversed. The Act of Assembly limiting the time…
1Opinion of the CourtCochran, J.
This suit was brought on the 28th of October 1859, against the appellees, as sureties on a constable’s bond, executed on the 29th of May 1849, the appellant assigning for a breach of the condition, the neglect of the constable to collect and pay over the amount of a single bill, delivered to him for collection in March 1850. Judgment. was entered for the appellees, on what the appellant here contends was an erroneous overruling of his demurrer to their plea of limitations.
The Act of 1853, chap. 132, prescribing the limitation pleaded, provides that all actions on constable’s bonds should…
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