Carroll, Ex'r. v. Tyler
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from Prince-George’s County Court. Action of assumpsit for work and labour, Sic. The defendant, (now appellant,) pleaded the general issue. 1. The plaintiff, (the appellee,) gave evidence at the trial, that the defendant’s testatrix was the administratrix of George Biscoe, late of Prince-George’s county, deceased, and that he acted as her agent in the settlement of the estate of the said George Biscoe; and then offered to read in evidence certain documents, which…
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Appeal from Prince-George’s County Court. Action of assumpsit for work and labour, Sic. The defendant, (now appellant,) pleaded the general issue. 1. The plaintiff, (the appellee,) gave evidence at the trial, that the defendant’s testatrix was the administratrix of George Biscoe, late of Prince-George’s county, deceased, and that he acted as her agent in the settlement of the estate of the said George Biscoe; and then offered to read in evidence certain documents, which after giving lists of the property of the deceased, are as follows: “Received on the 12th day of June 1818, of Mrs.…
1Opinion of the CourtEarle, J.
We concur in the opinions expressed by the court below, on both the bills of exceptions signed by them in this case, and we affirm their judgment.
The plaintiff below proved himself to have been the agent of Jlraminta Biscoe, in the settlement of George Biscoe’s estate, on which she administered; and to show himself entitled to compensation for his services, as her agent, he offered in *57evidence the receipts of two of the representatives of George Biscoe, deceased, which we think were properly suffered to be read to the jury for that purpose.
The copies offered were duly attested under the seal…
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