Jones v. Magill
High Court of Chancery of Maryland
This bill was filed on the 18th of January, 1825, by Elizabeth Jinn Jones, executrix of Abraham Jones, deceased, against Thomas Magill, John F. Gittings, and Thomas JY. Harding.
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This bill was filed on the 18th of January, 1825, by Elizabeth Jinn Jones, executrix of Abraham Jones, deceased, against Thomas Magill, John F. Gittings, and Thomas JY. Harding. The bill states, that on the 26th of October, 1818, the defendant Harding, gave his note for the sum of $500, to the defendant Gittings, which was signed by the late Abraham, Jones, the testator of the plaintiff, as surety for Harding ; that Harding, in order to save Jones harmless, on the 10th of August, 1822, by a bill of sale, conveyed to Alexander Warfield certain negroes and other personal property, a part of…
1Opinion of the Court
Bland, Chancellor.
In this case the defendants, Thomas Magill, and Thomas N. Harding, having filed their answers, and entered on the docket notice of a motion at the next term to dissolve the injunction issued in the said case, it is ordered, that the said motion stand for hearing at the next term, provided a copy of this order be served on the complainant or her solicitor before the twentieth day of June next.
A copy of this order having been served as required, and no counsel appearing for the plaintiff, the motion to dissolve the injunction was submitted on the part of the defendants, Magill…
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