Legal Opinion

Maennel v. Murdock

Court of Appeals of Maryland

Decided March 11, 1859PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Appeal from the Superior Court for Baltimore city. Attachment on judgment, issued on the 23rd of October 1854, at the instance of the appellants, by way of execution, against the lands, tenements, goods, chattels and credits of John Falconer and John H. Haskell, the defendants in the judgment, and laid in the hands of William F. Murdock, William H. Norris and George W. Dobbin, as garnishees. The garnishees appeared and plead nulla bona, on which issue was joined. Exception.

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Appeal from the Superior Court for Baltimore city. Attachment on judgment, issued on the 23rd of October 1854, at the instance of the appellants, by way of execution, against the lands, tenements, goods, chattels and credits of John Falconer and John H. Haskell, the defendants in the judgment, and laid in the hands of William F. Murdock, William H. Norris and George W. Dobbin, as garnishees. The garnishees appeared and plead nulla bona, on which issue was joined. Exception. It was admitted, that the garnishees, at the time of issuing this attachment, had in their hands moneys of Falconer and…

1Opinion of the Court

Le Grand, C. J.,

(with Bartol, J., concurring.)

The appellants in this case had recovered a judgment in the Superior court of Baltimore city, against Falconer and Haskell, upon which they issued an attachment, by way of execution, and laid it in the hands of the appellees, who were trustees under a deed from John Falconer and John H. Haskell. The garnishees pleaded nulla bona, and, on issue joined, the plaintiff offered in evidence the writ of attachment,- and the admission of the garnishees, that at the time of its issual and service on them, they had in their hands moneys of Falconer and…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Triebert v. BurgessCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1857
  2. Gray v. LynchCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1849
  3. Inloes v. American Exchange BankCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1857
  4. American Exchange Bank v. InloesCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1855
  5. Powles v. DilleyCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1850

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Zimmerman v. CoblentzCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1936
  2. Briley v. PinkstonCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1994
  3. Maughlin v. TylerCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1878
  4. National Bank of the Republic v. HodgeDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1894
  5. Zimmerman v. CoblentzCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1936

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