Legal Opinion

Timms v. Shannon ex rel. Shannon

Court of Appeals of Maryland

Decided December 19, 1862PublishedCited by 26 opinions

Appeal from the Equity Side of tbe Circuit Court for Cecil county. The bill in this case was filed by tbe appellee against tbe appellants, on the 23rd of December 1856, for tbe foreclosure of a mortgage, and sale of tbe mortgaged premises. Tbe allegations of the bill and answers, and tbe evidence in the case, are stated in the arguments of counsel, and the opinion of this Court.

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Appeal from the Equity Side of tbe Circuit Court for Cecil county. The bill in this case was filed by tbe appellee against tbe appellants, on the 23rd of December 1856, for tbe foreclosure of a mortgage, and sale of tbe mortgaged premises. Tbe allegations of the bill and answers, and tbe evidence in the case, are stated in the arguments of counsel, and the opinion of this Court. The appeal is taken from the decree of the Court below, (Price, J.,) passed on the 11th of October 1859, in pursuance of the following opinion : The counsel for the defendants, in their argument, have taken, I…

1Opinion of the CourtBartol, J.

On the 3rd day of July 1851, by articles of agreement, Thomas Keen contracted to sell to William Timms a tract of'land in Cecil county for $5,000. Keen bound himself to convey the land by deed, with general warranty, on or before the 1st day of August 1851, and Timms, on his part, contracted to pay $500 of the purchase money on the 1st day of August 1851, with interest on the whole sum from the date of the articles, and to pay the residue -as follows: $1,000 on the 1st day of May 1852, $1,000 on the 1st day of May 1853, $1,000 on the 1st day of December 1854, $1,000 on the 1st day of December…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Chase v. LockermanCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1840
  2. Watkins v. Stockett's Adm'rCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1825
  3. Whitney v. LewisNew York Supreme Court · 1839
  4. Pratt v. Vanwyck's Ex'rsCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1834
  5. Middlekauff v. BarrickCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1846

3Cited by26 opinions

  1. Thomas v. HammondTexas Supreme Court · 1877
  2. Washington Fire Insurance v. KellyCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1870
  3. James v. WeisheitCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1977
  4. Vermont Marble Co. v. EastmanSupreme Court of Vermont · 1917
  5. Bladen v. WellsCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1869

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