Bell v. Jones
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeals from the Circuit Court for Prince Georges county. This was a petition for freedom, fled on the 11th of September 185A, in the Superior Court of Baltimore city, by the appellants against Campbell, who, on the 2nd of December of that year, came in and disclaimed title, and on the 9th of the same month, the appellee filed his petition claiming title to the petitioners, as administrator d. b. n., c. t. a., of Walter Chew, exhibited his letters of administration, and…
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Appeals from the Circuit Court for Prince Georges county. This was a petition for freedom, fled on the 11th of September 185A, in the Superior Court of Baltimore city, by the appellants against Campbell, who, on the 2nd of December of that year, came in and disclaimed title, and on the 9th of the same month, the appellee filed his petition claiming title to the petitioners, as administrator d. b. n., c. t. a., of Walter Chew, exhibited his letters of administration, and prayed a removal of the case to the circuit court for Prince Georges county, where he resided. On the 5th of January 1855,…
1Opinion of the CourtEccleston, J.
The 27th section of the act of 1796, ch. 67, enacts: “That if any petition, for freedom shall hereafter be filed in any court of law in this State, and dismissed, and a second petition filed at the suit of the same party, the court, in which such second petition may be filed, shall order a stay of all proceedings until the costs of the former petition, and all reasonable damages and expenses sustained or incurred by the defendant or defen*329dants therein, to be ascertained by the court, shall have been paid or secured to be paid.”
In the proceedings before us, it appears the defendant made an…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Wallis v. DilleyCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1854
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