Duttera v. Babylon
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court for Carroll County (Roberts, C. J., Jones and Revele, JJ.), dismissing the bill of complaint in this case. The single bill referred to in the opinion oí the Court reads as follows : “Twelve months after date, I promise to pay to Martha A. Duttera, or order, the sum of twenty-six thousand five hundred dollars, amount due her from her mother, Anna Barbara Babylon, with interest from date, for value received.
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Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court for Carroll County (Roberts, C. J., Jones and Revele, JJ.), dismissing the bill of complaint in this case. The single bill referred to in the opinion oí the Court reads as follows : “Twelve months after date, I promise to pay to Martha A. Duttera, or order, the sum of twenty-six thousand five hundred dollars, amount due her from her mother, Anna Barbara Babylon, with interest from date, for value received. Witness my hand and seal, this third day of March, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven. his William X Babylon, [Seal]. mark Witness: Amos Duttera.
1Opinion of the CourtMcSherry, C. J.
The bill of complaint with which the proceedings in this case were begun is a creditor’s bill, and was filed by Martha A. Duttera against her step-mother and other defendants, most of whom are but nominal parties. It seeks to have vacated, annulled and set aside as fraudulent, and because procured by the undue inflnence of a yonng woman over an old man, a conveyance of a small parcel of real estate and sundry assignments of choses in action, which conveyance and assignments were all made by William Babylon, the father of the plaintiff, to Sarah Babylon, his second wife, and now his widow. The…
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