Groff v. Hansel
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Frederick County. , This was añ action of assumpsit brought by the appellee against the appellant, on a promissory note for $125, dated the 8th of December, 1865, and payable six months after date, with interest. The facts of the case are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the Court.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Frederick County. , This was añ action of assumpsit brought by the appellee against the appellant, on a promissory note for $125, dated the 8th of December, 1865, and payable six months after date, with interest. The facts of the case are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the Court. It was agreed at the trial below that all evidence might be offered subject to exceptions, and might be stricken out by the Court, on motion or prayer, in the same way as if it had been objected to when offered. Exception: The plaintiff offered the following prayers: 1st. If…
1Opinion of the CourtMiller, J.
This is an action by the payee against the maker of a promissory note, dated December 8th, 1865, and payable at six months. The plea was non-assumpsit, and the single exception taken at the trial presents for review the rulings of the Court upon the prayers presented on either side.
On the day the note was dated the defendant purchased from the plaintiff the right of using and vending in certain counties in Maryland a patented invention for a “ Sash Stopper and Lock,” for the sum of $450. On the same day he received an assignment of the patent right, paid $200 in cash, and gave his two notes…
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