Dorsey v. Thompson
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Howard County, in Equity. This was an appeal from the following orders of the. Court below: The order of the 6th of January, 1864, decreeing the sale of the real estate mentioned in the complainant’s bill, as the residue of the real estate remaining unsold, of the late Thomas B. Dorsey, and appointing James Mackubin trustee to make the sale; the order of the same date, removing John T. B. Dorsey, as trustee of Mrs. Mary A. T. Thompson, and…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Howard County, in Equity. This was an appeal from the following orders of the. Court below: The order of the 6th of January, 1864, decreeing the sale of the real estate mentioned in the complainant’s bill, as the residue of the real estate remaining unsold, of the late Thomas B. Dorsey, and appointing James Mackubin trustee to make the sale; the order of the same date, removing John T. B. Dorsey, as trustee of Mrs. Mary A. T. Thompson, and appointing Priscilla M, Dorsey in his stead; the order of the 16th of August, 1864, ratifying the sales reported by James…
1Opinion of the CourtAlvey, J.
Much of the argument in this case, on the part of the appellant, has been addressed to the question-, whether, at the time of the institution of this suit, and during the period within which certain proceedings were had, of which he now complains, he was liable to be sued in the Courts-of this State, he being at the time, as be alleges, an alien enemy of the Government of the United States, and, consequently, of the State of Maryland.. It has been very zealously argued by the appellant’s counsel, that, inasmuch as the appellant left his residence in this State and joined the Confederate army,…
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