Harris v. J. Regester & Sons
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Baltimore City Court. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. First Exception. — Stated.in the opinion of the Court.
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Appeal from the Baltimore City Court. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. First Exception. — Stated.in the opinion of the Court. Second Exception.- — At the trial the plaintiffs offered the two following prayers: 1. If the jury shall find from the evidence that the defendant, John Harris, executed the appeal bond offered in evidence, hy signing and sealing the same, and shall further find that said bond was delivered to the clerk of the Baltimore City Court, or his deputy, and shall further find that said bond was approved in the manner set forth in the evidence, and. that the…
1Opinion of the CourtMcSherry, J.
Samuel W. Regester, and others, trading as J. Regester and Sons, sued John McCart in the Baltimore City Court in an action of covenant, and recovered a verdict upon which judgment Avas duly entered. McCart then appealed to this Court. He, as principal, and John Harris, as surety, executed an ajopeal bond Avhich Avas approved by a deputy in the office of the clerk of the City Court, the clerk himself being at that time under treatment in Spring Grove Insane Asylum for some mental disorder, though not ■ having been adjudged non compos mentis. The • judgment against McCart Avas affirmed by this…
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