Key v. Dent
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for St. Mary’s County. Assumpsit for money had and received, brought by the appellee on the 31st of July 1848, against the appellant, to recover the sum of $500, with interest, which had been paid by Wood, the plaintiff’s intestate, to the defendant, on the 31st of December 1845, under a contract for the purchase of land.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for St. Mary’s County. Assumpsit for money had and received, brought by the appellee on the 31st of July 1848, against the appellant, to recover the sum of $500, with interest, which had been paid by Wood, the plaintiff’s intestate, to the defendant, on the 31st of December 1845, under a contract for the purchase of land. The present, trial was had under Ú\e procedendo issued by this court upon the reversal of the judgment on the former appeal, reported in 6 Md. Rep., 142. In the course of the trial three exceptions were taken by the defendant to the rulings of…
1Opinion of the CourtEcclestow, J.
This is an action of assumpsit, brought by the administrators of Walter Wood against John H. Key, the present appellant, on the 31st of July 1848, to recover the sum of $500, with interest, which sum had been paid by Wood, on the 31st of December 1845, to Key, under the following agreement:
“It is, this 23rd day of September 1845, agreed between Walter Wood, of Charles county, and John H. Key, H. G. Hayden and H. G. Gamer, of St. Mary’s county, all of the State of Maryland, that the said Walter Wood agrees to pur*92chase the land bought at sheriff’s sale, as the property of G. W. Moreland, by the…
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