Knell v. Briscoe
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. Exception.—At the close of the plaintiff’s evidence, the . Court (Dobbin, J.,) required the defendant, to submit the following prayer. 1. The defendant prays the Court to instruct the jury that there is no evidence legally sufficient to entitle the plaintiffs to recovér. This prayer was granted by the Court, The defendant excepted.
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. Exception.—At the close of the plaintiff’s evidence, the . Court (Dobbin, J.,) required the defendant, to submit the following prayer. 1. The defendant prays the Court to instruct the jury that there is no evidence legally sufficient to entitle the plaintiffs to recovér. This prayer was granted by the Court, The defendant excepted. The jury rendered a verdict for the defendant and judgment was entered accordingly. The plaintiffs appealed. The cause was argued before Bartol, C. J., Grason, Miller,…
1Opinion of the CourtMiller, J.
The appellants sued the appellee, a justice of the peace for the City of Baltimore, to recover damages for acting “ maliciously, fraudulently and corruptly, and with the willful and corrupt desire to injure and oppress the plaintiffs, and in conscious, willful and flagrant disregard of his duties as such justice of the peace," in rendering a certain judgment against the plaintiffs, and in refusing to receive .and approve an appeal bond in the case in the penalty of $200, and in demanding a bond in the penalty of $800. The defendant pleaded not guilty, and at the trial, after the evidence on…
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