Legal Opinion

Karthaus v. Owings

Court of Appeals of Maryland

Decided June 15, 1830PublishedCited by 15 opinions

Appeal from Baltimore County Court. This was an action of .Debt, on an appeal bond, dated May 2d, 1S09, executed by the appellant, Peter A. Karthaus, on an appeal from a judgment in favor of the appellee, James Owings, as plaintiff in a replevin suit in Baltimore County Court.

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Appeal from Baltimore County Court. This was an action of .Debt, on an appeal bond, dated May 2d, 1S09, executed by the appellant, Peter A. Karthaus, on an appeal from a judgment in favor of the appellee, James Owings, as plaintiff in a replevin suit in Baltimore County Court. The condition of the bond is as follows : “ Whereas the said James Owings did obtain judgment against the said Peter A. Karthaus in Baltimore County Court, in March term, 1809, and said P. A. K. is about to appeal from said judgment, so as aforesaid rendered, returnable to the next Court of Appeals. Now the condition of…

1Opinion of the CourtStephen, J.

This suit was instituted on an appeal bond, on an appeal from a judgment of Baltimore County Court, rendered in favor of the appellee, against the appellant. In the course of the argument various questions were raised, and pressed with considerable zeal and energy; some of which are not free from difficulty: but one of the points on which the counsel of the appellant seemed mainly to rely, has already been solemnly adjudicated by this Court, and ought not now to receive a different decision, unless that adjudication was manifestly founded upon untenable and erroneous principles. To this…

2Cited by15 opinions

  1. I. W. Berman Properties v. Porter Bros.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1975
  2. Washington & Georgetown Railroad v. Harmon's AdministratorSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
  3. St. Paul at Chase Corp. v. Manufacturers Life InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1971
  4. Baltimore City Passenger Railway Co. v. SewellCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1873
  5. Burgess v. LloydCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1854

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