The Washington times., 1921-07-18
ANTl-SUFFRAG|STS
REbUFFED BY md.
!. Court OF APPEALS
Tribunal Hands Down interest
Ing Opinions Delivered at
! April Term.

ANNAPoLIs. Nd. July ls.--Ths
court of appeals Of Maryland has lust
completed the delivery of opinions In
Ises argued during the April term.
important points Of law and interest
- tacts were involved in number
In the case of Oscar Lesser and
otners against J. Mercer Garnett and
Otners, registers of voters in the
seventh precinct Of the eleventh ward
OF baltimore city, the court declined
70 further the efforts Of another group
opposed to the Nineteenth amend
The circumstances surrundinog the
aaopton Of this amendment were
thoroughly discussed, and the court
Iuied that there was no doubt as to
it, validity.
In Boggs against Boggs. appealed
Hom Queen Anne's county. the court
1oids that the legal obligation Of q
miner for the support of his minor
cniioren 10 not impaired by a decree
OF divorce ct the instance of his wife.
passed on his misconduct, even though
the decree awards the custody of the
children to the mother and is silent
as to their support.
In the case of Joseph Goldstein
against Lillian M. Sachs, appealed
from the Baltimore city court, the
a
breach of promise rendered Miss
Sachs. In its opinion It said: IF a
young girl, at the instance of he
lover. agrees when they are away from
home to marry where they are, and
then on. further reflection determined
not to do so, in the absence OF hsr
parents and without their consent. but
does not refuse to marry him later. her
refusal to then get married could not
justify her lover in breaking their en-.
} gagement." The defendant claimed
that on a trip to Washington he had
offered to marry the plaintiff. and that
she consented, but afterward refused.
In the case of John Demezeck
against H. Courtney Jenifer. admins
traitor of Evan Panyskosh, deceased.
the court held that actions based upon
personal injuries abate with the death
of the defendant.
In the appeal of the county commits
sioners of Dorchester county against
William H. Wright, the court held
that Wright had not been guilty OF
contrfbutory negligence when an auto
mobile in which he was passenger
went through the open draw OF a
bridge owned and operated by the
county, causing him injuries.
In the case of Annie M. Adams
against the Peninsula Produce Elk
change, appealed from the circuit
court for Worcester county. the court
ruled that when lots had been pur-
chased with reference to a plat pre-
pared by the grantor showing certain
public ways and streets, neither the
grantor nor those claiming under
them could subsequently do anything
to close such streets.
The court decided In the case of
John 7. Fahey and others against the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad, appealed
from. the superior court of Baltimore
city, that the appellants could not re-
cover more than the purchase price Of
grain destroyed in transportation by
the railroad company where the ulti-
mate destination is a foreign country
not adjacent to the United States and
where the liability was SO limited In
the bill Of lading.
In the case Of Charles E. Harris,
administrator, against Margaret e.
Harris, widow. the court held that a
widow who renounces all personal be-
quests under the will OF her husband
is entitled to one third. and not one
half, of his personally.