Leppoc v. National Union Bank
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City. The appellants, the plaintiffs below, having obtained a judgment against A. B. Davidson, issued an attachment thereon, which was laid in the hands of the appellee; nulla bona was pleaded, and issue joined thereon.
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City. The appellants, the plaintiffs below, having obtained a judgment against A. B. Davidson, issued an attachment thereon, which was laid in the hands of the appellee; nulla bona was pleaded, and issue joined thereon. At the trial of the cause the plaintiffs offered in evidence a deed, dated March 27, 1867, from Davidson and wife, which, in consideration of $50,000 to them paid by the bank, conveyed to the bank a tract of land in Baltimore county. They also proved by Davidson that the consideration money had never been paid to him. Upon…
1Opinion of the CourtAlvey, J.
The deed of Davidson and wife to the bank was made on the 27th of March, 1867, and the attachment was laid in the hands of the latter on the 3d of April following, and before the deed of re-conveyance from the bank to Davidson. The case was tried in December, 1868, on the plea of nulla bona by the bank, and the question raised by the prayers embraced in the bill of exception taken by the appellants, is, whether the deed of the 27th of March, 1867, was duly delivered to and accepted by the bank, so as to conclude and bind it as against tlie grantor and his creditors.
It was objected in the…
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