State ex rel. Elder, Gelston & Co. v. Reaney
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore city. Debt brought in the name of the State for the use of Basil T. Elder and others, creditors of Richard W. Reaney, an applicant for the benefit of the insolvent laws, against the appellee, upon a bond given by the said applicant conditioned for his appearance before the commissioners of insolvent debtors for the city and county of Baltimore, upon which bond the defendant’s intestate was surety.
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore city. Debt brought in the name of the State for the use of Basil T. Elder and others, creditors of Richard W. Reaney, an applicant for the benefit of the insolvent laws, against the appellee, upon a bond given by the said applicant conditioned for his appearance before the commissioners of insolvent debtors for the city and county of Baltimore, upon which bond the defendant’s intestate was surety. The bond is dated the 25th of April 1846, and is conditioned for the appearance of the said applicant before the commissioners, on the .1 st of June then…
1Opinion of the CourtBartol, J.
This is an action instituted by the appellant on the bond of an insolvent debtor, conditioned for his appearance before the commissioners; on which bond Barber, the defendant’s intestate, was surety. The questions arise solely on the pleadings, all of which present issues of law. By agreement of counsel a judgment pro forma was entered on the demurrers for the defendant, from which this appeal was prosecuted.
The suit was instituted on the 4th day of January 1848, ■and it appears from the declaration and oyer, that a certain Richard W. Reaney, on the 25th day of April 1846, applied to the…
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