Scott v. Scott
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Equity side of the Circuit Court for Prince George’s county. The bill in this case was filed on the 28th of May 1858, by the appellee against the appellant, to recover the amount of a single bill, executed by the defendant to Polydore E. Scott, for the use of his daughter, Mary C. Scott, the complainant. The allegations of the bill are fully stated in the opinion of the court below.
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Appeal from the Equity side of the Circuit Court for Prince George’s county. The bill in this case was filed on the 28th of May 1858, by the appellee against the appellant, to recover the amount of a single bill, executed by the defendant to Polydore E. Scott, for the use of his daughter, Mary C. Scott, the complainant. The allegations of the bill are fully stated in the opinion of the court below. The defendant, in his answer, after admitting the material allegations of the bill, avers: 1st. That the complainant has brought her action at law on the single bill in question, and he is advised…
1Opinion of the CourtBartol, J.
We think the decree, in this case, ought to be affirmed. The objection, that the cause was not regularly for hearing, under the rules of the circuit court at the April term 1859, when the decree was passed, is without any force; because the rules of that court, regulating the subject, are not set out in the record, and besides the decree states that, “the cause stood ready for hearing according to the requirement of the thirty-seventh rule, and we must presume all prerequisites-were complied with.” Rigden vs. Martin, 6 H. & J., 407.
In the view which we take of the case, it is not necessary…
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