Griffith v. Clarke
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Baltimore City. Bill filed, September 9th, 1S58, by the appellee against the appellant and others, charging that the complainant had property settled to her separate use, derived from her father’s will; that she is a married woman, and, in the absence of her husband, George B. Clarke, had been induced, by the fraudulent representations of one Lane, his partner,- to sign certain notes, her husband being joint maker with her therein; one of…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Baltimore City. Bill filed, September 9th, 1S58, by the appellee against the appellant and others, charging that the complainant had property settled to her separate use, derived from her father’s will; that she is a married woman, and, in the absence of her husband, George B. Clarke, had been induced, by the fraudulent representations of one Lane, his partner,- to sign certain notes, her husband being joint maker with her therein; one of which, for $50Q, found its way in the hands of the defendant, Griffith; and that a suit at law was instituted by him upon…
1Opinion of the CourtBartol, J.
In this case the motion to dissolve the injunction was set down for hearing on the 8th day of October 1858; afterwards, by agreement of the solicitors, a commission to take testimony was issued, which was returned, and on the 21st day of April 1860, the cause was, by agreement, set down for final décree. Whereupon the Circuit court, on the 1st day of December 1860, passed an order continuing the injunction, and reserving for further consideration the question, “whether the separate estate of the complainant can be made liable in equity, under these proceedings, for the satisfaction of the…
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