Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the General Court and Court of Appeals of the State of Maryland, Form 1800 ... [to 1826], Volume 6Jonas Green, printer, 1825 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... aforesaid appropriation , in payments at every six or twelve months , and appropriate the same in the manner I have now willed . " This provi- sion was to be enlarged in the event of his daughter's death , or marriage without consent of ...
... aforesaid appropriation , in payments at every six or twelve months , and appropriate the same in the manner I have now willed . " This provi- sion was to be enlarged in the event of his daughter's death , or marriage without consent of ...
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... aforesaid , was issued , and was laid in the hands of the commissioners , between the issuing of it and the 12th day of March 1818 , to affect the property or credits of the said John S. Horne , no part of the money arising out of the ...
... aforesaid , was issued , and was laid in the hands of the commissioners , between the issuing of it and the 12th day of March 1818 , to affect the property or credits of the said John S. Horne , no part of the money arising out of the ...
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... aforesaid , a large quantity , to enable the plain then prove , wit , sixty hogsheads of tobacco , whereof 45,000 weight was it , must Perrone on to be crop and 15,000 weight second tobacco , at the rate tender to perform every thing re ...
... aforesaid , a large quantity , to enable the plain then prove , wit , sixty hogsheads of tobacco , whereof 45,000 weight was it , must Perrone on to be crop and 15,000 weight second tobacco , at the rate tender to perform every thing re ...
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... aforesaid ; and although the plaintiff afterwards , and before the tenth day of May then next ensuing as aforesaid , viz . on the fifteenth day of March , at Beard's warehouse in Anne - Arundel county , to wit , at the county aforesaid ...
... aforesaid ; and although the plaintiff afterwards , and before the tenth day of May then next ensuing as aforesaid , viz . on the fifteenth day of March , at Beard's warehouse in Anne - Arundel county , to wit , at the county aforesaid ...
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... aforesaid , then and there delivered the lawful custody of the defendant the said sum of in bank notes , to wit , $ 1000 , belonging to the plaintiffs as reason of the pro aforesaid , and which said sum of money the defendant from the ...
... aforesaid , then and there delivered the lawful custody of the defendant the said sum of in bank notes , to wit , $ 1000 , belonging to the plaintiffs as reason of the pro aforesaid , and which said sum of money the defendant from the ...
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act of assembly action admitted aforesaid agreement amount answer appeal appellee argued before BUCHANAN assumpsit award Baltimore county court Bank Bank of Columbia Beall bill of exceptions bond cause was argued Chan chancellor Charles Digges claim clause commissioners complainants contended contract court of chancery court of equity creditors Daniel Bowly debt declaration decree deed defendant delivered devise Dorsey endorsor entitled equity execution executors fee simple fendant fieri facias filed fraud George Town give Harford county Harr heirs Heyland intended interest issue John judgment June jury Lammot lease Lessee lien Magruder MARTIN ment Montgomery county negroes opinion orphans court paid parties payment person plaintiff pleaded possession proceedings proof proved question recover refused sheriff statute statute of frauds STEPHEN suit term testator thereof Thomas Thompson tion tract of land trustee wife William Lux witness words writ
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Page 209 - God and as touching such worldly estate wherewith it has pleased God to bless me in this life I give devise and dispose of the same in the following manner and form...
Page 197 - States are plaintiffs, or petitioners; or an alien is a party, or the suit is between a citizen of the State where the suit is brought, and a citizen of another State.
Page 368 - It is a rule in law when the ancestor by any gift cr conveyance takes an estate of freehold, and in the same gift or conveyance an estate is limited, either mediately or immediately to his heirs in fee or in tail, that always in such cases 'the heirs' are words of limitation of the estate, and not words of purchase.
Page 197 - that the laws of the several States, except where the Constitution, treaties, or statutes of the United States shall otherwise require or provide, shall be regarded as rules of decision in trials at common law in the courts of the United States, in cases where they apply.
Page 136 - CD, is not bound by the law of the land to answer the same. And this he is ready to verify. Wherefore, for want of a sufficient...
Page 197 - That the circuit courts of the United States shall have original cognizance, concurrent with the courts of the several States, of all suits of a civil nature, at common law or in equity, where the matter in dispute exceeds, exclusive of interest and costs, the sum or value of two thousand dollars, and arising under the Constitution or laws of the United States...
Page 206 - I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God. And as touching such worldly estate wherewith it has pleased God to bless me in this life I give, demise, and dispose of the same in the following manner...
Page 227 - Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me with in this life I Give Demise and Dispose of the same in the following manner and form IMPRIMIS I Give and Bequeath unto my son John Travis one shilling.
Page 210 - I verily believe, that in almost every case where by law a general devise of lands is reduced to an estate for life, the intent of the testator is thwarted; for ordinary people do not distinguish between real and personal property. The rule of law however is established and certain, that express words of limitation, or words tantamount, are necessary to pass an estate of inheritance.
Page 83 - AJ] refused to give; but were of opinion, anil directed the jury, that if they should believe from the evidence that the...