Hurley v. Hollyday
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Washington County, in Equity. The facts of this case are as follows: The appellee sold his farm to James Wason, for $20,130, on the 8th of January, 1866, agreeing to receive in part payment thereof an undivided one-third interest, valued at $4,000, in the Hagerstown Foundry, and the remainder to be paid as follows, to wit: $1,000 on April 1st, thence following, and the balance, being $15,130, to be paid in five annual payments, with…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Washington County, in Equity. The facts of this case are as follows: The appellee sold his farm to James Wason, for $20,130, on the 8th of January, 1866, agreeing to receive in part payment thereof an undivided one-third interest, valued at $4,000, in the Hagerstown Foundry, and the remainder to be paid as follows, to wit: $1,000 on April 1st, thence following, and the balance, being $15,130, to be paid in five annual payments, with interest. It was agreed that upon the payment of $7,000, the appellee would execute a deed to Wason, upon his executing a…
1Opinion of the CourtBartol, C. J.
The question,? in this case arise upon an agreed statement of facts. There is no dispute with regard to the real amount of the purchase money remaining unpaid to the appellee for the land sold by him to James Wason, deceased. This amount is correctly ascertained and stated by the auditor; but the appellant’s exception to the account rests upon the fact that on the 2d day of May, 1867, Wason the purchaser, gave to the appellee three promissory notes of that date, viz: One for $1,000, payable on the first day of October, 1867, signed by himself and John W. Stouffer; one for $1,500, payable on…
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