Curtis v. Moore
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from tbe Superior Court of Baltimore City : The appellant in this cause sued out an attachment on warrant against the goods, &o., of Robert McEldowney, which was laid in the hands of Robert Moore and Charles Moore, partners, trading under the firm of Robert Moore and Brother.
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Appeal from tbe Superior Court of Baltimore City : The appellant in this cause sued out an attachment on warrant against the goods, &o., of Robert McEldowney, which was laid in the hands of Robert Moore and Charles Moore, partners, trading under the firm of Robert Moore and Brother. The attachment was founded on three notes, dated respectively August 23rd, 1856, September 23rd, 1856, and October 23rd, 1856, each made by R. McEldowney & Co., for tbe sum of $1012.27, payable eight months after date to their own order, for merchandize purchased from the plaintiffs, and endorsed by the said R.…
1Opinion of the CourtCochean, J.
The exception contained in this record presents the single question, whether the appellants, as attaching creditors of R. McEldowney & Co., were entitled to give in evidence certain declarations made by Robert McEldowney, a member of that firm, for the purpose of allowing a collusive and fraudulent possession of their property and assetts by the appellees.
The evidence which the Court refused to admit, was that of James Henderson, offerer! by the appellants to show, ■that Robert McEldowney, before going to New York in the fall of 1856 to purchase goods, said to the witness, when neither of the…
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