Black v. Woodrow
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Court. First Exception. — At the trial of the cause, the defendant, in pursuance of notice from the plaintiffs, produced the original contract, made in May, 1869, for the building by the plaintiffs of a framé dwelling-house for the defendant. This contract, it is not important to set out here. When produced, it had affixed to it a five cent U. S. Internal Revenue stamp.
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Court. First Exception. — At the trial of the cause, the defendant, in pursuance of notice from the plaintiffs, produced the original contract, made in May, 1869, for the building by the plaintiffs of a framé dwelling-house for the defendant. This contract, it is not important to set out here. When produced, it had affixed to it a five cent U. S. Internal Revenue stamp. The defendant objected to the admissibility of the contract, on the ground that it had not been stamped according to requirements of…
1Opinion of the CourtAlvbt, J.
In this case, Woodrow and Richardson sued Black on a contract for the building of a house by the former for the latter. The declaration, as originally filed, contained six counts; the first four being common counts, for work and labor, for materials provided, for money paid, laid out and expended, and for goods bargained and sold ; and the two remaining counts being framed on the special agreement. By the first of these special counts, it is alleged that the appellees, the plaintiffs below, agreed with the appellant to build him a house on his farm, for which the latter agreed to pay to the…
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