McKaig v. Piatt
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Allegany County, in Equity. George Hoblitzell, of Alleghany county, in 1842, was indebted to Hopkins Bros. & Co., in the sum of $5,010.95. To secure this sum, he passed to Hopkins Bros. & Co. four single bills, each for the sum of $1,252.73, payable respectively June 1st, 1843; June 1st, 1844; June 1st, 1845, and June 1st, 1846, with interest on each from the day of their date.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Allegany County, in Equity. George Hoblitzell, of Alleghany county, in 1842, was indebted to Hopkins Bros. & Co., in the sum of $5,010.95. To secure this sum, he passed to Hopkins Bros. & Co. four single bills, each for the sum of $1,252.73, payable respectively June 1st, 1843; June 1st, 1844; June 1st, 1845, and June 1st, 1846, with interest on each from the day of their date. On the same day, (September 13, 1842,) he conveyed to Thomas J. McKaig and "W.W. McKaig, certain real estate in trust, to secure the payment of these bills. The conditions of the deed…
1Opinion of the Court
Maulsby, J.,
delivered' the opinion of the Court.
The appeal in this cause is from the decree for a sale of the property, passed on the 19th day of August, 1868, and from the order overruling the exceptions of the appellants, and ratifying the auditor’s report distributing the proceeds of sale, to the exclusion of the claim of the appellants, passed on the 26th day of May, 18o9.
One of the points raised, and insisted on, is that by the bill filed by the appellants and Messrs. Hopkins, in February, 1863, against George Hoblitzell, James H. Hoblitzell, John T. Edwards and George M. Blocher,…
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