Crane v. Meginnis
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from Kent County Court. This was an action of Assumpsit, brought by the appellant as trustee of Mary Meginnis, to recover the sum of $150, being the first semi-annual instalment of an annuity directed by an act of the General Assembly of Maryland, to be paid the said appellant by the appellee, for the use of the said Mary.
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Appeal from Kent County Court. This was an action of Assumpsit, brought by the appellant as trustee of Mary Meginnis, to recover the sum of $150, being the first semi-annual instalment of an annuity directed by an act of the General Assembly of Maryland, to be paid the said appellant by the appellee, for the use of the said Mary. The declaration stated, “that whereas heretofore, to wit, at a session of the General Assembly of Maryland, begun and held at the city of Annapolis, on the first Monday of the month of December, in the year 1823, by a certain act of the said General Assembly,…
1Opinion of the CourtEabxe, J.
at this term delivered the opinion of the Court.
A constitutional question is involved in the consideration of this case, and before we enter upon the solution of it, we will state some positions preliminary to the subject.
The constitution of this State, composed of the declaration of rights and form of government, is the immediate work of the people, in their sovereign capacity, and contains standing evidences of their permanent will. ’ It portions out supreme power, and assigns it to different departments, prescribing to each the authority it may exercise, and specifying that from the…
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