Chilton v. Brooks
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Baltimore City Court. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. The verdict and judgment were for the plaintiffs, and the defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtAlvey, C. J.
This action was brought by the appellees against the appellant on a promissory note for $3,500, made by the defendant on September 21th, 1884, payable five years after date, (without days of grace,) to George Blackistone, trustee, or order, and which was endorsed by the payee to the plaintiffs. The note matured September 21th, 1889, and this suit was brought October 5th, 1889.
The facts of the case, as disclosed by the record, are, that the plaintiffs as trustees held a mortgage, made by one Marriott, on a certain lot on Madison avenue extended, in the City of Baltimore, to secure the sum of…
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