Smith v. Briscoe
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Baltimore City Court. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. The First and Second Exceptions are sufficiently stated in the opinion of'the Court.
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Appeal from the Baltimore City Court. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. The First and Second Exceptions are sufficiently stated in the opinion of'the Court. Third Exception. — The defendant, further to maintain the issues on his part, proved by John H. D. Boone, that-he was the owner of said property, and offered the same property to defendant, if he would take care of the note-sued on, out of said property, and that Smith declined said offer; that said Pratt street house rented for $25 a month, and the two houses on Dover-street each at $9 per month;, that afterwards he met…
1Opinion of the Court
Stone. J.,
delivered the opinion of the Court.
William P. Smith, the appellant, some time in 1883 endorsed a note for six hundred dollars, for a man named *566Boone. This note was discounted for Boone, by the Nat. Mechanics Bank of Baltimore. When the note fell due, which it did on 8th October, 1883, Boone was unable to pay it, and it was renewed for ten days, by Boone giving another note, for same amount, also endorsed by Smith.
This man Boone, whose note Smith had endorsed, was the owner of some property in Baltimore City — some of it lying on Pratt and some on Dover street. The Pratt street…
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